Where the Light Should Not Be

An abandoned house across the river lights up every night, though no one has lived there in years. When Daniel Cross finally crosses the water to see for himself, he finds the door unlocked, the rooms undisturbed, and three photographs laid out on a table showing him and his friends asleep in their own beds. Ethan Blackwell dismisses it as a prank until the photographs keep changing. Mara Whitlock insists the house remembers something none of them can. As the light returns night after night, the three of them are drawn deeper into a presence that has been watching them long before they ever noticed the glow across the river.

Connor Hayes CH is a writer of psychological horror and paranormal thrillers, drawn to quiet, unsettling stories where ordinary places hide something watching back. Influenced by classic ghost fiction and slow-burn suspense, Connor explores fear rooted in curiosity, memory, and the things left unexplained. When not writing, Connor collects old local newspapers and abandoned house histories for inspiration.