Among the Shadows Author:L. M. Montgomery Full title is "Among the Shadows - Tales from the Darker Side". "It my be a truth almost universally acknowledged that L. M. Montgomery wrotes tales of sweeness and light, but there are also darker strands woven through the web of her work. The stories collected here have been choses to illustrate the 'darker side', a less acknowledged aspect of... more » Canada's favourite author. Drunkards, petty thieves, embezzlers, murderers and adulterers are her characters, people whose weaknesses she depicts faithfully but compassionately. Here too are Montgomery's SUPERNATURAL stories, reflected one of the obsessions of her times; the belief that the power of love could last beyond death".