A Small Dark Place

by Martin Schenk

When Andromeda's parents are down on their luck, they lure the five-year-old girl into falling down a shaft so that they can collect the sympathy money that comes rolling in from around the nation. Fifteen years later, Andromeda, who was supernaturally altered by her stay in the depths of muck, takes revenge on anyone who was involved in her suffering.

Editions of A Small Dark Place

ISBN 9780345430472	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Ballantine Books	Date 1999	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780375500749	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1997	Price $1.00	Like New
ISBN 9780553479201	Binding/Format Audio Cassette	Publisher Random House	Date 1997	Price $3.96	Good

Publisher Notes

Be careful what you wish for......In the spellbinding tradition of Stephen King and V.C. Andrews comes A Small Dark Place--a terrifying novel of a family and town that perpetrated evil--and must now pay the price.Times are tough in Wishbone, Kansas. The crops have dried up; so have the jobs. Peter Wiley, once the towns high school football star, and his prom queen wife, Sandra, are about to be dispossessed by the bank. If theres a way they can save their farm, and create a better life for their young children, Will and Andromeda, neither can figure how. Until, that is, they hear the story of a little girl who has fallen down an abandoned mine shaft and whose dreadful plight incites Americans to respond with their prayers and their pocketbooks.Maybe, the Wileys scheme, it could work for them, too.An act borne of desperation, greed and obsession takes on unforeseen and unforeseeable consequences for the Wileys and for Wishbone. At once a gothic thriller and shrewd morality tale about the American psyche, Martin Schenks debut novel marks the beginning of an important literary career.Judith Ivey has earned two Tony Awards for her work in Hurlyburly and Steaming. Her feature film credits include The Devils Advocate, Washington Square, There Goes the Neighhorhood and Brighton Beach Memoirs. She has starred on TV in series and films including The Long Hot Summer and What the Deaf Man Heard. She can be heard on other BDD Audio productions including Missing Pieces, Under the Beetle's Cellar and The Red Scream.

First Line

Peter Wiley of Wishbone, Kansas, looked around this place called home and sensed the swelling decay with more than his eyes. He could smell the suffering mildew, and everywhere he touched he felt the creeping grime of an existence uncomfortably close to the bottom.

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