Nobody knows where Sam Flynn comes from. Legend has it he crawled screaming out of the primordial ooze into hellish existence before life on Earth was multicellular. Others believe he is the author of the Deadlights Duology, comprising the fantasy-horror novellas The Mystery of the Pale King and Dweller in Darkness, and a lifelong resident of Ohio who lives there with his wife and their plethora of pets. The truth is elusive.