by Jeneva Rose
First published 2026
A birthday séance goes wrong when the hired medium dies mid-ritual, leaving guests to cover up the death while something dark slips through the unfinished ceremony. Kristin Dalton battles postpartum struggles and disbelief as her family settles into their new Tillington home, where she discovers every previous family has vanished or died. A group of friends stops at a roadside shop selling cursed items before heading to their winter cabin retreat. When one friend finds an unpaid item in her bag, bodies begin dropping as a storm traps them inside. Rose delivers three horror tales that twist familiar setups into supernatural nightmares. Each story explores how ordinary people respond when the paranormal invades their lives, whether through guilty secrets, family protection, or friend loyalty.
Genres: fiction, anthologies, horror, supernatural, paranormal-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, eerie, suspenseful, tension-filled, unsettling
Tropes: cursed-item, family-protection, guilt-and-secrets, paranormal-invasion, trapped-setting
Setting: Tillington
288 pages · Hardcover · Blackstone Publishing, Inc.
Content warnings: death, murder