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I write speculative fiction that explores power, survival, memory, and resistance. I try to make all of my stories beat in the heart of the human experience.

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Many readers who start with Eye of the Wood go on to read Shades and Shapes in the Dark, where these themes unfold across a full novel and an ongoing series.

Eye of the Wood: A Dark Fantasy Horror Short Story

There are stories of where the living darkness came from, stories that must be memorized by every child in Empty’s village. Every year, the village must send people through the deadly darkness, to collect a sacred fruit that shields their homes from the grasp of the encroaching shadow. This cycle it’s Empty’s turn, and he might just be his people’s only hope to survive another year.

Eye of the wood is a chilling, mythic tale of sacrifice, survival, and the cost of holding light in a world that wants to consume it.

Download the PDF for easy reading on your phone or the audiobook version narrated by myself.

Continue the Journey

If Eye of the Wood drew you in , you may want to continue with my dark fantasy horror series, Shades & Shapes in the Dark.

A shadow that never leaves. A lifetime of fear. And a woman who must fight back.

When nine year old Clarissa Lamont chases a thief into the woods, she stumbles into something ancient and malevolent, a presence made of darkness with a hunger that should have remained imprisoned.

What begins as a child’s nightmare does not fade with age. It clings, stalks, and feeds on her fear, shaping every choice she makes. For forty years, Clarissa carries the scars of that first encounter, watching loved ones die, watching hope slip away, and feeling the creature she calls Demon lurking just out of sight.

Now, Clarissa stands at the edge of everything she has ever known and prepares to face the darkness one final time.

Dark fantasy horror meets psychological suspense in Shades and Shapes in the Dark, the first novel in a sweeping saga about fear, resilience, and the hidden powers we find within ourselves.

Can Clarissa confront the thing that has shaped her life and survive? Step into the circle of bones and discover the answer.

Want to go deeper?

I share essays, story updates, and early access at new work, including the forthcoming (2026) sequel to Shades and Shapes in the Dark, Through an Endless Darkness Gleaming, on my Substack, I also share fiction and essays on anthropology, power, and resistance.