In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods.

After making his name with five strong crime novels, Koryta started adding chills to the thrills in the horror-tinged So Cold the River (2010).

Eric Shaw’s promising career as a Hollywood cinematographer crashed and burned. Now he’s back in Chicago, making “video life portraits” of recently deceased people.