In truth, one of my first inspirations was Murakami Haruki. Of course, it’s impossible not to have some familiarity with King because he is so prominent in horror media, but I have honestly never read his books and now I think I really should. I have been genuinely shocked and flattered at how many people have compared me to him in their reviews, and I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I’m not all that familiar with his work. But seriously, thank you! That is such a huge compliment, and I honestly never imagined a newbie like me would draw comparisons to Stephen King. I feel Stephen King would have something to say about that. Can she trust Kai as their paths collide, or does he herald her demise?Īnd after losing a young patient, crestfallen oncologist, Mason, embarks on a quest to debunk the town's superstitions, only to find his sanity tested.Ī maelstrom of ancient grudges, forgotten traumas, and deadly secrets loom in the foggy forests of Black Hollow.AJ Vrana, author of “The Hollow Gods” – first installment in Chaos Cycle, and “These Silent Walls” short story talks about transposing Slavic mythology on the Western soil, Gestaltian theories, and the future of experimental literatureĪlex Khlopenko: How does it feel to write better magic realism/horror novels than Stephen King?ĪJ Vrana: Well, shit. Miya, a floundering university student, experiences signs that she may be the Dreamwalker's next victim. When Kai wakes up next to the lifeless body of a recently missing girl, his memory blank, he struggles to clear his already threadbare conscience.
And after they return, they almost always end up dead.
Yet the boundary between fact and fable is blurred by a troubling statistic: occasionally, women do go missing.
Black Hollow is a town with a dark secret.įor centuries, residents have foretold the return of the Dreamwalker-an ominous figure from local folklore said to lure young women into the woods and possess them.
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