Vestiges of Darkness is a collection of short horror stories written during the author's college years. The Cuckoo Clock centers on Catherine, a college student in a relationship with a literature professor, who discovers with horror the true extent of her lover's fascination with antique furniture and clocks. In The Diabolic Machine, we meet Doug Sanders, whose curiosity leads him to discover the horrific side effects of his neighbor's newest invention. Within Silence and Darkness chronicles a photojournalist's last assignment.