First published 2016
Police officer Eddie patrols a town under siege by dark forces. Mysterious advertisements flood local media, featuring seductive voices that encourage callers to confess their most depraved fantasies to X-IS-THE-DARK. The voices don't just listen. They push people to act on violent urges. Meanwhile, a horror magazine called necrOmania appears in convenience stores. The publication chronicles the work of Pirsya Profana, a writer who allegedly drew inspiration from Hell before meeting a brutal end. When both phenomena emerge simultaneously, bodies start piling up. Extreme cults practice ritualistic body modification. An ominous black building materializes downtown, burning anyone who touches its walls. Eddie and his girlfriend, a B-movie actress, investigate the connection between these supernatural manifestations. They discover the building may be the source of their town's descent into murder and madness. Eddie must navigate occult conspiracies and escalating violence to save his community from complete destruction.
Genres: mystery, horror, supernatural, thriller
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigative-journalism, supernatural-elements
Setting: X-IS-THE-DARK, necrOmania
392 pages · Kindle Edition · Necro Publications
Content warnings: body-horror, graphic-violence, murder