Stokerdine Conspiracy
Glowing In Darkness I and II
by Stacy Stewart Smith
The Story
An enchanted eighteenth-century clock holds a child's spirit captive. A Brooklyn jazz singer accidentally sets it free — and opens a portal that neither of them can close.
In 1960s Chicago, Allison Mugler's three-year-old son Martin is diagnosed with Life Trance Dementia Syndrome — a rare condition enabling his spirit to float undetected from his body and visit other people across time. When Martin's Life Trance becomes trapped inside an enchanted eighteenth-century anniversary clock, he is left as a child with extraordinary and uncontrollable gifts.
In 2008, Charly Bergeron purchases the timepiece from a Brooklyn shop and inadvertently releases Martin's Life Trance through his DNA — opening a time portal and setting in motion a chain of events neither of them can escape. Martin appears to Charly as a glowing poltergeist. As the two discover their shared origins, they are drawn into a mission that reaches back to 1788 Nouvelle Orleans and the secrets of the Opale plantation.
Behind it all: the Stokerdine Corporation — and its conspiracy to control world commerce through race annihilation. The Stokerdine Conspiracy is a riveting saga of faith, science, time, and the indestructible human spirit.
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402 pages · ISBN: 979-8-90671-365-0 · Available exclusively from the author beginning September 4, 2026
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About the Author
Stacy Stewart Smith is a New York-based author, fine artist, and fashion designer. For many years, Smith has been a college educator, including his current post as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Fashion Design Art at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) of New York.
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Stokerdine Conspiracy is a work of fiction. All characters and events are products of the author's imagination.