Kelley Armstrong CBC Books · CBC · Posted: Oct 30, 2017 1:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 31, 2017 13 books to get you into the Halloween spirit ...

A Buddhist monk on Vancouver Island spent 49 days in absolute darkness. It was an experience he found at first nightmarish, but in the end enlightening.

You can sleep a long time in absolute darkness. “We lost track of time, ending up almost fully nocturnal when we got out at 5:30 in the morning on the sixth day.

Clearly, a lot of time, effort and money has gone into producing Absolute Darkness, VIB ’s first attempt at the Cascadian Dark Ale style. The bottle is beautiful. It glows in the dark.