Burning Bright in 1942, but, of the three, "Burning Bright" was the most complete attempt at the form. Steinbeck believed that he may have been the first person to attempt the style. At the time of writing the introduction, in which he explained his intentions, he believed it was a form that would bear further experimentation. In a continuation of the experiment, a stage production was planned to open at the same time the book was published. The original title of the book, "In the Forests of the Night", was a line from "The Tyger" by William Blake, but complaints that it
In the Forests of the Night her Light Line magic out of anger, she set Mayhem a-blaze, as fire is the specialty of those in the Light Line. Lila Light, although unknown to Risika that Charcoal is her mother, currently resides in New Mayhem. Awater-Rhodes released the sequel to "In the Forests of the Night" in 2000 entitled, "Demon in My View", which takes place three years after the events of "In the Forests of the Night". "In the Forests of the Night" is also mentioned in "Demon in My View" under the fictional title, "Tiger, Tiger". Risika does not make an appearance in the novel