State Island

When a stone cover of a Native American rock formation is stolen, strange forces begin to emerge...

Another good horror short, the author brings the island to life with his usual attention to detail and characters. The island having only one police officer quickly falls to the chaos. A father dealing with his thieving son, and a grieving widow who visits her dead husband every day, fearing he and others are trying to claw their way back up... There's a lot packed into the short story.

While there certainly was a lot of creepiness in this one, the main “monster” stuff wasn't super interesting, it was so vague and otherwise reminiscent of IT, unless I read the deadlights thing wrong. Also with the Native American reveal at the very end, it just felt like an odd mix of not explaining enough of one thing and too much of another, I don't know.

However, I enjoyed the plot and the mounting disaster that took place. The ending sequence brought forth a rather terrifying image in my mind... It was quite a fun read and the author's continued world-building is great.