R.B. Chesterton is the pseudonym for the 2010 recipient of the Harper Lee Award, who has written over fifty books in multiple genres, including the popular Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series.A note from R.B. Chesterton: "These books take a different turn than my others. I've always enjoyed reading books that focus on the dark side of human nature. My first attempt at a novel (which never sold) was about a young woman confronted with the issue of euthanasia. Not exactly a laugh-a-minute. But I am interested in exploring serious issues, especially crimes. While Sarah Booth, Tinkie and the Zinnia gang take crime very seriously, the tone of the those books is humorous. I love humor, too. By writing both dark & light, I keep myself fresh as a writer. I also challenge myself with different techniques.I've always loved scary stories. Back when I was a child, our whole family watched Boris Karloff's THRILLER, all huddled up on the sofa together. And THE DARKLING is a story that's been with me for a long time.The original idea came to me one night when I loved on Old Bay Front Road. I was out at night jogging with my dog, Ouzo. Old Bay Front was a dead end road that went right along the bay. I lived in an old officer's house and could jog the three mile loop up to the old Officer's Club (which was now the administration offices for the USA Brookley campus) and back. Ouzo was my trusty companion because this was a rather isolated area.So I set out jogging and realized Ouzo wasn't with me. I turned around to search from him and standing under a street light was a little blonde child. He stood so eerily that it creeped me out. And he was between me and my house. And Ouzo had disappeared.My heart was pounding and I stood in the middle of the road and he stood under the streetlight, his blond hair highlighted. Only there were no little blond children living on my road.Worried about my dog, I started toward him with great reluctance. And as I grew closer, I realized something was very wrong with him. And then he smiled.And that, my friends, is when I realized that my imagination had given me a great gift!This is the seed for THE DARKLING. I hope you enjoy the story."