Review: Seek the Warmth of the Candle
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2013
In the short story Candle in the Darkness, by Karen Black, Valerie is dealing with the unexpected death of her husband. On his way home from military duty, Randy was killed in a freak plane crash.Reeling with grief from her husband's death, Valerie fights her way through a violent storm. As a tornado rapidly approaches, she finds a roadside motel. The motel had been destroyed by a tornado forty years ago.Along with the motel owners and a family of travelers, Valerie takes refuge in the cellar.Ms. Black's wonderfully descriptive writing style is reminiscent of Nora Roberts and Karen Robards. Ms. Black takes the reader into the cellar, with the tornado roaring outside.  The poignancy of the story will warm your heart, like the flame of the candle in the cellar.