Dark Shadows was a late 1960s/early ‘70s soap opera that traded typical soapy storylines for ones involving vampires, witches, and werewolves. The show’s gothic settings and horror themes inspired young adults, known as Monster Kids, to rush home from school to watch the drama surrounding the Collins family.

In Running Home to Shadows: Memories of TV’s First Supernatural Soap from Today’s Grown-Up Kids writer-editor Jim Beard has gathered a group of those former Monster Kids to share their stories. They recount experiences that are uplifting and inspirational, and sometimes tragic and terrifying, but always tied to how Dark Shadows left an impression on them to this day.

The book features essays by Greg Cox, Kathleen O’Shea David, Mark Dawidziak, Dave Dykema, Bob Freeman, Ed Gross, Nancy Holder, Tina Hunt, Katherine Kerestman, Mark Maddox (with Ed Catto), Elizabeth Massie, Kimberly Oswald, Martin Powell, Dana Pride, Mark Rainey, Michael Rogers, Charles R. Rutledge, Chris Ryan, Frank Schildiner, Duane Spurlock, and Jeff Thompson.

The book is co-edited by Charles R. Rutledge, with a foreword by Kathryn Leigh Scott and afterword by Rich Handley. The cover was created by Mark Maddox with logo design and formatting by Maggie Ryel.

More details on the book are available on Facebook.