The light beneath the shade

In the smog-choked streets of Victorian London, Mary Atton struggles to survive after her family's tragic downfall. Seeking refuge in a quaint lamp shop owned by the enigmatic Stephen McCreary, she finds comfort in his kind attention and the strange, warm glow of his creations. Yet the shop harbors a secret far darker than she could imagine.

Drawn by curiosity and a series of unsettling discoveries, Mary uncovers a hidden room where the lamps pulse with life in ways that are terrifying and unnatural. As she pieces together McCreary's decades-long obsession with perfection, she realizes that some curiosities are better left unexplored and that the line between art, memory, and horror is far thinner than she ever suspected.

The Light Beneath the Shade is a chilling tale of obsession, loss, and the haunting consequences of uncovering secrets that were never meant to be seen.