Jeremy Finley is the author of fictional work The Darkest Time of Night
From Jeremy Finley at Whatever:
It came, truly, from fake news.
When I set out to write the fictional story of the disappearance of a U.S. Senator’s grandson, and how it’s linked to unexplained vanishings across the globe, I knew I wanted the central conflict to be a clash of deep-rooted reality and the supernatural.
What I didn’t realize, though, was how a constant strain in my professional life as a reporter inadvertently slipped into the part of my brain that writes fiction.
Against all intentions, my speculative thriller was born from the very controversy over the catchphrase I have come to despise.
That realization felt like a sucker punch. The term “fake news” is the equivalent of nails on the chalkboard for the embattled journalism industry.