The Candle Game is the debut collection of short stories from Chris Nelson. The fifteen stories contained in this collection range from the introspective and thought-provoking to the unexpected and surreal: a strange game is played out with far-reaching consequences; a man is haunted by an event rooted in his childhood; disparate events weave in and out of one another with bizarre effect; a man finds the lines between dreams and reality become blurred; and is life surrounding the factory really all it seems to be?