Ian Nichols is a tutor at Murdoch University, which is the latest in a career, has seen him as an actor, a teacher, a nurse, a sports reporter and all of those jobs that look typical on a writer’s rap sheet. He’s also been a book reviewer at The West Australian newspaper for about twenty years, which gives him some sort of feel for what’s happening in the publishing industry. The story “In the Dark” was inspired by a trip back to his birthplace, Wales, right down there in the pit country, and by a statement by Sherlock Homes that things in the country are so isolated that any sort of evil can take place without being noticed. Wales is a lovely setting for horror.