Andrew Van Wey

"Every tale is born in truth, just as every tree comes from a seed. And so it is in these tales that we learn about life, fiction and fact both leading us along. Which road you choose to follow, which details you choose to believe, I leave up to you, dear listeners." And so begin three dark tales at a nameless inn on the edge of the New World. Three stories told in lieu of gold, payment for refuge and a feast. Three tales that may reveal or conceal a storyteller's darkest secrets. - The Hag's Reckoning - At forest's edge lives a twisted woman, a creature the children will soon learn to fear. When a prank goes wrong and accusations of witchcraft are spoken, a cruel vengeance is unleashed and a dark reckoning comes. - The Elder of Aldritch - A dying vineyard serves as the staging grounds for experiments that seek to unlock the energies of the earth. An arcane scientist, a spoiled son, the perfect wine, and an imperfect murder. -The Timberman's Daughter - A traveling tutor, a beautiful daughter, and a forbidden love turned to terror on one bloody night. A fusion of dark fantasy and horror, A FEAST OF INFINITE ROT is a novella of intelligent tales of terror all tied together by a traveller whose eyes have seen twisted horrors few would believe. Savored by themselves or devoured altogether, these stories are sure to leave the reader unsettled. Come in from the cold world outside. Savor the smell of spiced meat and mulled wine. And sink your teeth in to A FEAST OF INFINITE ROT.

Distance Is Now a Thing of the Past. That’s what investigator Michaels is learning as he uncovers a series of brutal murders committed by what the media is calling the God’s Breath Killer—a mysterious entity that leaves no clues, no logical explanation… and no witnesses. Until a young woman crosses paths with this killer. Meet Caitlyn Grey: twenty-six, agoraphobic, and blind. She travels the world without leaving home. Caitlyn can blink—sending her mind across earth. It’s a skill she’s kept hidden, one she shares with this killer. To the police, it’s the impossible: How could a blind woman see a crime that didn’t leave prints? But to Michaels it’s just the break his investigation needs. He’s uncovered a pattern among the dead doctors, scientists, and professors—a connection to a Cold War experiment that weaponized the mind. Now, Caitlyn and Michaels must team up to track down an evil formed by cruel science—an adversary that can bend perception itself. Both an unrelenting thriller and a tale of sci-fi-horror, Blind Site is a novel of identity and vengeance, a twisted hunt into fractured consciousness itself.

On the Lost Coast, some things should never be found. When tragedy shatters thirteen-year-old Zelda Ruiz’s adolescence, she retreats with her uncle Mark to the bucolic town of Greywood Bay. It’s a chance to heal, a chance to build a new life together. But nothing can prepare them for the malignant terror long coveting these lands. It looms over redwood groves and lurks among the foundations of homes. It festers in the dark hearts of the wounded. And now, this cosmic horror has found a new weapon: a means to worm its way into our world. To save their community—and each other—Zelda and Mark will need to confront their darkest demons, both inside and out. For what stalks Greywood Bay hungers for suffering above all else. And soon, it will feast… By the Light of Dead Stars.

YOU’RE LIVING THE DREAM... A beautiful house, a loving wife. Two kids, a dog, and a tenure track professorship teaching art at the local university. Your name is Daniel Rineheart. You’ve got it all. ...BUT ALL DREAMS MUST END. For this autumn heralds the arrival of a mysterious painting. No name. No date. No signature or frame. A disturbing work of grotesque perfection: two children with cruel eyes, a window onto an endless field, and a dying tree on top of a hill. A work of art... that changes with each viewing. SO BEGINS THE NIGHTMARE... ...Where wretched children crawl from a canvas prison to stalk the quiet halls of this happy home. ...Where painted clocks tick-tock away in the dark hours before dawn, and a missing dog whimpers from between the walls. ...Where all answers lead to a dark artist and an impossible creation, a cursed canvas with a twisted past... ...AND A HORROR THAT WILL DEVOUR ALL. Curl up, if you dare, with a dark novel readers are calling: “Beautifully written” — “A Must Read!” — “Stunning” — “The Scariest book EVER!” FORSKEN is an intelligent blend of ghost story, suburban supernatural thriller, haunted house, and mystery. Perfectly written for fans of early Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Peter Straub, it’s a terrifying tale of secrets and lies, of nightmares made flesh; where the scariest stories are the ones that coldly whisper into your ear until madness and death are a welcome rest. Lock your door.
 Turn on the lights.
 Do NOT read FORSAKEN late at night.

When you bury your past make sure that it’s dead. It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are fading as the Spice Girls and Hot Topic conquer the malls. Cherry gloss glistens on the lips of the youth. Modems hiss as America comes online. And in a fog-drenched cove at the edge of New England, something terrible awakens when a fisherman reels in a gruesome catch: the remains of a young woman. Remains still pulsing with furious life. For Megan Monroe and her friends, this is how their nightmare begins: a wet whisper over their shoulder; a dark hand reaching out from the edge of their sight; and a name clawing at the back of their minds. A young woman scratched from their memory. To stop this devouring terror, Megan will need to mend broken friendships and reassemble her fractured past. For what stalks them hungers to remake itself in their image… piece by bloody piece. Dig into the haunted past with Head Like a Hole, a novel of malignant secrets, shattered friendships, and twisted bodily horror.

Among the ashes some cinders still burn. After the fire of Raven’s Valley consumed their community—and the lives of their neighbors—fourteen-year-old Zelda and her uncle Mark are determined to rebuild within Greywood Bay. It’s a place of serene beauty and rich history, a bucolic town they want to call home. If only the ghosts would leave her alone. Haunted by the spectral echoes of the dead, Zelda must fight for her sanity while navigating the turbulent waters of adolescence. And her uncle Mark must battle his own demons, both inside out. Alone, they will crumble. Together, they might just have a chance. Because something sinister is rising off the foggy shores of the Lost an entity beyond time itself, one who has long had her eyes on these lands. Her whispers won’t be silenced. Her shadows can’t be ignored. And her debts will never be forgiven. For beneath its surface Greywood Bay is built on borrowed fortunes and grim pacts. And soon retribution will wash over the town with Tides of Darkness.