Title: Satan’s Hideaway: A Hellsworld Hotel Short

Author: Matthew Vaughn

Release date: October 14th

If you’ve followed me anywhere on the socials (as the cool kids call ’em, right? Right?!) you’ll know two things – one – I’m a reader who doesn’t mind extreme extreme extreme horror. Let’s call me an extreme horror lite reader. I also know that is a bit odd considering I’m now a Splatterpunk-Nominated author and wrote The Father of Lies Trilogy… Which, I know, sounds ludicrous, but I love horror that tells a story that’s centered around a story, not so much just a story told so that the author can rip folks apart. The second thing you’ll know, is that I always make an exception for Matthew Vaughn. Vaughn has set himself apart for me with his ‘grounded’ extreme extreme horror. For those shaking their heads at me right now, what I mean, is that his characters are always solid, well done characters who you want to root for, even when you know they have no chance. I enjoy his stuff so much and one of the highlights of my writing career was being asked to provide the foreword to his 30 Minutes or Less Omnibus!

So, when Vaughn messaged me asking if I’d like to check out his newest novella set in the Hellsworld Hotel world, I jumped at the chance and dove right in!

What I liked: The story starts out at 100mph on page one. Tiffany is bound, naked and unsure where she is, hanging from ropes. As her memories come back, she remembers that her and three friends decided to go to their very first haunted house attraction, Satan’s Hideaway, which has arrived in town for Halloween. But fans of Vaughn’s work know what family operates it and things don’t go so well for the friends.

From here, Vaughn does what he does best – that is, the friends try their best to survive, only to discover that the family, led by Zed once again, has all the escape routes covered. Blood is spilled, organs are ripped out and we get the return of Dog, who just wants to touch the strung up Tiffany.

If you’ve never read any of Vaughn’s previous Hellsworld entries, you’ll want to go back and be introduced to the family properly, but for those want to dive in here – think the Firefly clan from Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses, only worse and more depraved.

The ending does set us up for another story involving the friends and I’m excited to see where Vaughn goes with that one.

What I didn’t like: As with the prequel tale that Vaughn gave us in this world, I just wish we learned more about what drove the family to become who they were. This is chalk full of splatter, but I would love a little bit of an appetizer before the main meal is served.

Why you should buy this: Vaughn gives us another fun entry into this expanding world. Expect the usual fare from him – brutality, blood, boobs and bludgeoning. It starts from page one and never lets up until the gore-filled, orgy-tastic finale.

Now, bring on the next entry!

4/5

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Isn’t it cool to see how many dark fiction authors are able to write phenomenally bleak and gore filled books, while also creating media-tie in releases for the larger reading world? Case in point is today’s guest, Tim Waggoner. Take a scan at Tim’s bibliography and you’ll see a solid mix of his own work and novelizations of movies and TV shows. It’s really cool to see!

Tim is one of the nicest guys out there and one of the most supportive in the community!

I’m so happy to have Tim drop by!

Please, do welcome Tim!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Tim: My writing time varies, depending on the project and the deadline (if any). It also depends on my schedule at the college where I teach, since that changes each semester. In general, I try to write for several hours in the morning before class on the weekdays, and in the mornings and afternoons on weekends. I tend to start slow on a project, but toward the end I pick up speed, and I often end up writing every waking hour until the project is finished. I don’t worry about hitting a specific word count each session, although with novels, I do have a general word goal for the day I need to hit in order to meet the deadline, but I usually exceed it, so it’s no problem getting the book finished.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love. Do you keep it just for yourself or do you share it with the world?

Tim: Share it with the world! I’d try to contact the author’s relatives first, though, and I’d hope they’d want to see the work published as well. I’ve heard stories about dead authors’ relatives who won’t allow work to be re-published, or unpublished work to be released because they have an unrealistic view of how much money there is to be had in publishing. So, they always hold out for more money than they can realistically get. If the relatives of the author whose manuscript I found were reluctant to publish, I might find a way to “accidentally” leak the manuscript to the world.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

Tim: My latest horror/dark fantasy novel came out in July from Flame Tree Press. It’s called We Will Rise, and it’s about a ghost apocalypse. All over the world, ghosts return in an event they call the Homecoming, and they begin attacking their living family and friends, trying to kill them and add more spirits to their ghostly ranks. You should read it if you like character-focused survival horror with elements of both cosmic and extreme horror added to the mix.

Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your super power?

Tim: My superhero name would be Tempus, and my power would be to reverse time anywhere from a few seconds to a minute. This would allow me to counter any kind of moves my opponents make, as well as correct any mistakes of mine made during battles. Plus, it would make me a valuable member of a superhero team, as I could do the same for any of my colleagues.

Oh, great superpower! That’s excellent! Thank you again for doing this, Tim!

To find more of his amazing work, check the links!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tim-Waggoner/e/B001JP0XFM/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/timwaggoner

Website: https://www.timwaggoner.com/

3Q’s is locked and loaded with another fun one today! I’m excited to share this one as today’s author has carved out a phenomenal bibliography for themselves, while also joining an existing world that is beloved by many!

Please do welcome Stephen Kozeniewski as today’s guest!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try to write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
SK: I have become a creature of either Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch, or Slaanesh lately. (I genuinely can’t even claim to just be chaotic; it would be far too definitive.) As I write this, it’s about half past midnight on a Saturday evening, and that’s about as reasonable as my writing schedule gets (and as unreasonable as my night life gets.) This does, however, change a great deal in November, because I have made it a point of personal pride to win National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for the last thirteen years running. And because I’m so unbalanced the rest of the year, perhaps I’ve begun to rely in an unhealthy way on that November spurt. But, in any case, during that time period, I try to shoot for a minimum of 2000 words a day, and sometimes land as high as 5000.

Steve: If you could write a story for another author’s fictional world/series, which would it be and why?
SK: I would be delighted to write something in the world of William Hope Hodgson’s THE HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND. And I think since it is now in the public domain I probably just can. I came to this world admittedly late in life, but I have nevertheless been fascinated by it and re-read at least annually. This is a story that creeps. It creeps into your subconsciousness. It creeps in the back of your mind. I just feel like there are so many unanswered questions, although I have no idea if I would ruin the beauty of that by revisiting the horrible portal in Kraighten. Still, maybe.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

SK: CLICKERS NEVER DIE is something I never thought I would work on. I mean, who could even imagine getting invited to work on something like that? For those of your readers who may not be familiar, CLICKERS is an old-fashioned munch-out series (think “Gremlins,” “Critters,” “Them” or, frankly, almost any ’50s sci-fi movie) about giant crab-lobster-scorpion monsters. After both of the original authors who created the series passed away, I was invited, along with my cohort in crime Wile E. Young to reboot it. So, yes, you can just start with this one. And why should you? Well, if the heartwarming story of a boy and his Clicker isn’t enough to entice you, there’s also a World War II battle interrupted by the titular marine (ha!) beasties, and, if that’s somehow still not enough, a beautiful man-on-gill-man love scene. In a way, we did you a favor by writing it.

Steve: Bonus Question! Do you have a cherished book?
SK: I do! I have an original signed paperback copy of THE RISING (you know, the one with the zombie jazz hands busting through the boarded-up door.) I cherish it for the normal reasons, but I also cherish it because it is an object which, in a lot of ways, put me on the path to being the nominal success I am now.

Oh, very cool! That’s great! Thank you so much for doing this, Stephen!

To find more of his amazing work – check the links!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/outfortune

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Kozeniewski/e/B00FFLC5Y8

Title: Penpal

Author: Dathan Auerbach

Release date: June 4th, 2022

Over the years of reading, you get a number of books that are frequently recommended to you. Books that sound great but your TBR is so large that you simply can’t get to them in a timely manner. Such was the case with ‘Penpal,’ one of the most frequently suggested books I read from people I interact with all the time. When it got to the top of my TBR, I was excited and went in wondering just what I was in store for.

What I liked: I’ll be upfront, this was a book that landed directly on the 50% enjoyed, 50% annoyed line. The story follows a man who is looking back on some spooky and horrible events in his life. He wants to come to find out the truth about what happened and as he dives into it, discovers it is way worse than he ever suspected.

It starts out innocently enough – in their kindergarten class they fill out cards, attach them to balloons and release them in the hopes that whoever finds the card will become a pen pal and write back to the student. When our main characters is launched, at first he gets no reply, but soon he does. Someone who is sending him polaroid photos back that appear to be taken of the boy.

The story jumps back and forth a bit through different time periods of his youth and we get some really creepy and frightening moments. There were a few spots that I was beyond unnerved with and loved when things really ramped up.

The ending was sad and allowed for some closure, even if it didn’t completely feel like it.

What I didn’t like: The two biggest things that annoyed me continued throughout the entire story. The first thing was that the age of the characters and actions didn’t always line up. When the kids are portrayed in Kindergarten there are a lot of things they’re doing that would be more accurate or physically accurate if they’d been in grade five or higher. I say this with having a kid in Grade 1 who is smart and a solid guy, but who wouldn’t be doing a bunch of what this Kinder kid is apparently doing. This annoyed me to no end as the book progressed.

Minor spoilers ahead here FYI.

The second was the seemingly lack of any actual action regarding the person doing these creepy things. It doesn’t seem like the police were ever contacted nor informed of anything and trust me, if someone was sending polaroid’s of your kid from a distance repetitively for years, you’d be contacting the police. Let alone if they followed you at night, were living under your crawlspace of your home or drove a car highspeed into your date. It just frustrated me to no end that these things happened and our main character just seemed to always forget about it.

I will add – it could try and be explained away as a ‘small town’ thing. I grew up in a really small town. When something ‘off’ happened, everyone knew and things wouldn’t be swept away like it seems they were here.

Why you should buy this: As always, take my feelings with a grain of salt. You may love this book and rave about this book, but for me it was a miss. If it weren’t for the tension and dread filled moments I would’ve dnf’d it and I almost did following the opening chapter which didn’t do much for me at all.

Overall, I categorize this one as a miss, but you may very well enjoy it and rave about it. In which case – I’m so happy for you! But for me, this wasn’t my cup of tea.

2/5

Title: Nocturnal Creatures

Author: Robert P. Ottone

Release date: October 4, 2022

If you’ve followed my reviews, you’ll know I have a soft spot for the big fella. You know who – Bigfoot, the big stink, Sasquatch, the one who woops in the night! I love squatch fiction and having recently read a number of Ottone’s work, I was excited to dive into his newest, ‘Nocturnal Creatures.’

You never know what you’ll get with Bigfoot fiction (and the same with movies). You could get heartfelt nature pieces, blood-and-guts gore, or simply a combination of the two. What was Ottone going to do with it?

What I liked: The story follows a family, living on their farm, trying to make ends meet, when something seemingly arrives and begins to steal from their orchard. Our main character, Cassie, a teen girl who is struggling with her brother gone, overseas fighting in a war, finds an unlikely friendship and growing relationship with the new boy, Darwin, who has moved with his mom to their extra house on the property.

The story progresses quickly from when Darwin and his mom arrive to when everything hits the fan. The creatures descend, the family tries to defend itself and a plan is hatched to get rid of them once and for all. Ottone does a solid job of ramping up the action, while also painting a vivid picture of what the creatures look like.

I really enjoyed this take on the struggle between a creature losing its habitat and interacting with humans who’re encroaching on their territory. Cassie is a really solid character and one that I would hope we get to revisit in the future when she’s older.

What I didn’t like: There’s a couple of minor things. The first is that the entirety of the characters within the book seem to just accept that the creatures exist. It happens so rapidly that it made for a jarring moment.

The second is the ending. A lot happens and within that it kind of felt like a deflating moment instead of a solid finale. A key familial character just disappears and I didn’t find those who remained to react like I thought they would. As well, several others either die or are grievously wounded, but it happens so quickly it lost some of its impact.

Why you should buy this: If you love creatures in the woods raining tons of carnage down on those around them, look no further. This one rips along from start to finish and the squatches never let up. Ottone attacks each section of the book with a crazy grin on his face and you almost feel like he was laughing like a loonatic the entire time he wrote this.

This was a fun one!

4/5

Title: The Road

Author: Cormac McCarthy

Release date: September 26, 2006

I’m one of those annoying book snobs where I typically try my best to read the book before seeing the movie. There’s been a few slips over the years (The Ritual by Adam Nevill being one – but I love both the book and the movie and tonally, the book and movie are not far off from this book/movie here), but back in 2008 when I saw the first trailer for the movie The Road, and saw that it was based on McCarthy’s book, I snagged it and dove in. I was, frankly, afraid to read this one. Not because I knew it was going to destroy me – which it did – but because it was McCarthy and it was so lauded as this phenomenal piece of literature. I’ve talked previously of not considering myself a ‘smart reader.’ If the prose is too purple and the phrases too thesaurus-y for me, I’m typically going to zone out and not tune back in.

But, McCarthy’s story of a father and son at the end of the world doesn’t suffer from that. Instead it’s a delicate tale of losing hope and struggling to survive.

I’ve been wanting to re-read this for some time, but remembering how much the book and movie crushed me, I didn’t know if I could handle it. Things in my life have changed considerably. Back then, it was just me, my wife and our dog. We didn’t have much in the way of stress (other than student loan payments) and we tried our best to enjoy life as much as we could.

Now, it’s me, my wife, a new dog and our son. A boy who we were never supposed to have and who, for six minutes at his arrival, didn’t have. No vitals, no response, no signs of life. I won’t get more into it, other than they miraculously brought him back and he’s here with us today.

Going in, I wondered if I could emotionally handle this. I’ve gone through therapy and counselling and have tools in place to deal with the PTSD associated with what happened to him and my wife (she was also gone for almost ten minutes), but I remembered some of what McCarthy accomplishes, and that alone was enough to petrify me once again.

What I liked: As mentioned, the story follows a father and son, as they walk towards the coast in the hopes of finding somewhere safe and stable. The world as we know it has ended, the surface scorched, the oceans boiled and a steady downfall of ash, rain and snow greet each day. Food is scarce, humans scarcer and all the while the father desperately tries to hold onto hope that he will find somewhere for his son.

I’m in no position to comment on McCarthy’s writing ability, other than to say, as the story goes on he does such a phenomenal job of slowly and methodically making things darker and bleaker. From descriptive words, to the descriptions of the characters to the way the environment around them is treated. It’s masterful and shows the beauty and brutality of words.

The ending of this one is just heartbreaking. I bawled like I the source of water for Niagara Falls. To make it even worse, I finished this while my son was gently snoring away beside me in bed. I gave him a squeeze – not enough to wake him – but enough that I could subtlety tell him that I would do whatever it took to make sure he was safe if we were ever in that position.

What I didn’t like:  I’m a bit of a hypocrite here saying what I didn’t like, as I’m frequently guilty of this in my own work, but I do wish we would’ve learned more about the extra stuff. More about the mom and her ultimate reasons for disappearing. More about the end of the world events and how things go to where it is. Ultimately, it does work really well because it makes everything feel bleaker and hopeless, but even a few snippets would’ve been great.

Why you should buy this: If you’ve not read this yet, I would highly recommend you give it a go. The prose is powerful and accessible, while the characters – even the random secondary scavenger characters – feel real and fill the spaces they occupy with considerable tension.

This one is a book that I don’t believe I could ever revisit again, but one that’ll remain with me for the rest of my days.

5/5

How ridiculous are my ‘click-bait’ headlines? Just brutal and I feel ashamed with how sad some of them truly are hahahah! Like today’s! Kyra would probably punch me in the shoulder if she was in the same room as me for how lame of an attempt this was.

BUT…. it does mean a new guest and a new author is here for a neeeeeewwwwwwwwww 3Q’s!

Today’s guest is a fun one!

Please welcome, Kyra!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try to write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
KT: I tend to usually write in the morning for a few hours when I have some alone, quiet time. I don’t have a specific time of day I try to write at, I just take whatever I can find. I’d love to say that I have this set writing goal I try to meet daily, but the truth is that I’m such a mood writer it’s impossible to make that happen! Some days the words are pouring out of me and others I’m lucky to get a few sentences.

Steve: If you started a series and for some reason had to have another author finish it, who would you choose?

KT: Rayne King. When I got back into writing and discovered the indie community, the first book I read was, “The Creek” by King and it was my introduction back into reading/writing grief in horror. I’m a big fan and he’s a good friend. I know he’d be a good author to finish what I started.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
KT: Tasteless is a sort of horror comedy that takes place surrounding the pandemic and will have you reliving what I’m sure we’ll never forget. It’s very relatable for a lot of us, but hopefully these are symptoms you’ve never experienced!

Steve: Bonus Question! If they made a movie about your life, what actor or actress would you suggest they get to play you?

KT: Easy, Kat Dennings!

Excellent choice!

Thank you so much, Kyra!

To find more of her work – check the links!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyrarenewrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21675767.Kyra_R_Torres

Real fun one today with an awesome Canuck! The craziness that is this big world, is that it truly is smaller than we think. Case in point – after connecting with Ronald a few years back, it turns out that he grew up in a house not all that far from where I currently live in Edmonton! MIND BLOWN!

With that random tidbit – please welcome Ronald to the 3Q’s Feature!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

Ronald: I prefer to write once the sun goes down. I’ve tried writing at different times of the day but evenings work best for me. I’m also one of those writers who needs absolute quiet when they write. The daylight hours offer too many distractions for me. As for word count, I tell myself I’m just going to write 100 words so it won’t seem so daunting, knowing that once I get going it will be much more than that. In general, I’m happy writing 500 words a day, 6 days a week. I always take one day off to let my brain reboot.

Steve: If you started a series and for some reason had to have another author finish it, who would you choose?

Ronald: That’s a tough one because there are so many authors that I admire and enjoy. After some thought, I would pick Brian Bowyer because I know he would turn my story on its head and turn it into a crazy, mind bending masterpiece.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

Ronald: Of course I would encourage everyone to read my two latest releases, Tales From The Parkland, my short horror story collection and James’ Journey To Dreamland, my children’s fantasy novella but…

I’m close to finishing my new (as of yet untitled) novel and it is literally like a shotgun blast to the face. I’ve written some pretty crazy stuff before but this new one has more carnage than anything I’ve written before. It’s a sprawling tale of a place I guarantee you wouldn’t want to visit.

Steve: Bonus Question! If they made a movie about your life, what actor or actress would you suggest they get to play you?

Ronald: As for who I would like to play me, I would go with Tom Holland as a younger me and Chris Pratt as my older self. I think they would be perfect because of their self-effacing humor and great hair.

Great stuff!

To follow along with Ronald’s writing journey, check the links! Additionally, he’s been keeping us up-to-date with his current Novel in Progress and it has been exciting to see!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ronald-McGillvray/e/B09B9FX1T1

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonMcGillvray

Website: https://www.ronaldmcgillvray.com/

3Q’s heads across the pond today to visit with David Watkins! David has a ton of fantastic releases out there and I’m excited to introduce you all to him today!

Welcome David!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try to write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?

DW: I teach full time, so my writing time is far from consistent or regular as my day job often gets in the way. However, I try to write each evening, to try and keep momentum on a project. If I’m awake early at the weekend then I’ll get up and write, but my job is demanding, so this doesn’t happen often! I set myself a low word goal of 500 words because that’s always achievable whenever I sit down. I see people hitting 3000 and I’m in awe of that, but I’m not going to beat myself up over it. I used to, and all it did was create stress and imposter syndrome – ‘I can’t be a real writer because I’m not doing x amount of words a day’. But then I went to a talk by Jo Nesbo and spoke to him after the event. He said 500 words on top of a full day was amazing. I’m not going to argue with someone of his calibre!  I know someone who does nothing for months then splurges 10k in a day – great if it works for you, but it really doesn’t for me.

One thing I’ve found helpful with my latest project (The Original’s Rage) is to write down my word count per day. I nicked the idea from someone online who as a way of motivating himself is putting up his daily word count on his first novel. It really works as you can see the words build up every time you write.

Steve: If you could write a story for another author’s fictional world/series, which would it be and why?

DW: Interesting question.  I’m not sure I know any fictional world well enough to even attempt this. That said, I’d love to do some kind of gangster crime thing in the Star Wars universe. I think there’s a whole element of the underbelly of society that’s ripe for exploring. There are, of course, hundreds of Star Wars books so someone may well have already done this.

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!

DW: My latest release is The Exeter Incident. It’s getting great reviews, with Tim Lebbon calling it a ‘brutal, bloody, brilliant novel’ and Gingernuts of Horror saying, ‘a glorious over the top thrill ride of unrelenting horror’. Reviews are for readers, but comments like that make your year as a writer! Luckily, all reviews so far (not many admittedly) have been excellent.

Essentially, it’s monster in the city of Exeter in the UK. It starts looking like it’s going to be a police procedural, but it changes rapidly. It’s the definition of action-packed and I hope people like it! Folk can check it out here: mybook.to/exeter

Why should someone read it? To help me pursue my goal of world domination and riches beyond my wildest desire obviously….

Or, because they like their horror fast paced, blood soaked but with good characters who feel real and where no-one is safe or has ‘plot armour’. The kindle edition is pretty cheap too…

Steve: Bonus Question! Do you have a cherished book?

DW: More than one! I am very proud of my own books, so does that count as cherished? Or egotistical? Hmm, maybe I should expand this!

I love my copy of The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones from SST publications – it is a thing of beauty with thick paper, great illustrations and the story is unusual and great too. Christine by King is the first grown up horror novel I ever owned and so that will always have a special place for me. Recently I bought the Sandman special edition hardbacks and they are just great. Gaiman is such a quality writer – the mythos he invented is staggering and so imaginative. I hope the TV series does it justice and brings new fans to what is his masterpiece.

Very cool! Loved Sandman!

Thank you so much, David!

To find more work from here – you know the drill!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/David-Watkins/e/B00HVW89IU

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshfishkins

Website: https://david-watkins.com/

Fun bonus/special 3Q’s today!

Andy Davidson is an author who continues to push the envelope and force his readers to follow along and be richly rewarded with each and every release. Andy has a new book coming out tomorrow – October 11th, 2022! I’m so excited to have Andy stop by today!

Please welcome Andy!

Steve: What does your writing time look like? Do you try and write at the same time each day? Do you have a word count you attempt to hit?
Andy: My writing time builds momentum over the course of several months. First, I spend a few weeks just filling up a notebook with ideas—character sketches, doodles, maps—and gradually those become a structure, and the structure becomes a broad, handwritten outline. All of this is done away from the computer. I sit down in front a screen once I’m building out the outline. Once I get to the ending, I’m ready to start. I may spend several hours a day at the computer five, six days a week if I’ve got a full steam going. Usually, a rough draft comes out in three or four months. I really don’t have a word count I try to hit. Rather, I let the scene guide me. If it’s a good day, I can write a whole chapter. If it’s a bad day—and there are more of those than I care to admit—I usually manage a few hundred words at most. Commitment to the project is the goal I aim for, start to finish, however long it takes.

Steve: You end up at an estate sale and discover an unpublished manuscript from an author you love. Do you keep it just for yourself or do you share it with the world?
Andy: Share it, if it’s good work. And maybe write the introduction. (I do wonder about writers who die with unpublished work in a trunk. Usually, there’s a reason it’s in a trunk, right?)

Steve: Tell me about your newest release (novel/story/poem/novella) and why someone should read it!
Andy: The Hollow Kind is the story of Nellie Gardner, née Redfern, who inherits her grandfather’s Georgia turpentine estate in 1989. Looking to escape a bad marriage, she flees to Redfern Hill with her son, Max, only to find the estate is actually a broken down farmhouse on a thousand acres of decrepit forest. Soon enough, Nellie and Max discover the lingering presence of something very old and very evil, an entity whose appetite for human souls is rooted deep in the soil—and nourished by Redfern blood.
This is a very special book to me, born out of the great, popular horror stories I loved growing up—from Stephen King’s The Shining to Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. In writing it, I basically threw everything I loved as a kid (from John Carpenter to Ray Bradbury to Dolly Parton) into a Spielbergian blender and poured out a tale of 1980s cosmic horror—interwoven with a turn-of-the-century southern Gothic about greed and madness and the evil men sow.
As such, The Hollow Kind also explores the history of where I live in Georgia, a history of land-grabbing and violent retribution—and the exploitation of nature, specifically the logging industry’s decimation of longleaf pine forests, which are only now being reseeded and cultivated. In this, The Hollow Kind reflects a facet of life in the American south that is little known and all too real.

Steve: Bonus Question! You wake up in a comic book. What is your comic book character and what is your super power?
Andy: I’m Batman. I have one super power. I’m rich.

Great choice! Thank you again, Andy! Best of luck with the launch!

To find more about Andy and his work, check the links!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theandydavidson

Website: https://www.theandydavidson.com/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Andy-Davidson/e/B01N9OMRA8/