Sean Malia Thompson – författare

Greg and Thomas are two aspiring filmmakers with a dream of creating a documentary about the notoriously haunted forest, Whispering Pines. This mosaic novel details the tragedy that followed."e;I have been waiting (im)patiently for this I don't know how long, but I'm so excited to read this insane epistolary epic from one of the best in the game."e;—Paula D. Ashe, author of We Are Here to Hurt Each Other"e;Thompson ratchets up the tension with a claustrophobic tale that's as dark as it is emotionally affecting. Not for the squeamish at heart, this one is sure to leave a lasting and devastating impression."e;—Gwendolyn Kiste, author of Reluctant Immortals, on Farmington Correctional"e;It's unsettling and squirm-inducing, but it's fantastic. It's wonderful."e;—Staring into the Abyss podcast, on Astrum"e;Equal parts noir and cosmic horror, tension builds page by page until the dreaded and inevitable explosion of violence. Sean Malia Thompson has given us a beautifully terrible blood-sacrifice of a novella that leaves the reader wanting to go even deeper into those hungry shadows beneath the Whispering Pines."e;—Patrick Shawn Bagley, author of Bitter Water Blues, on Farmington Correctional

For fans of Seven, LongLegs, and True Detective.It's 1974, and women are being murdered in San Francisco. Detectives Cassano and Mitrea need to crack the case before more people end up dead. All the while a cult called The Church of the Dark Light looms in the background. But even they are not as terrifying as the nameless stranger in the jean jacket that is stalking the night."e;Sean Malia Thompson has delivered a tightly coiled crime horror narrative in the form of The Clear Lake Killer 1974. Occult vibes, gritty cops, hair-raising tension, sharp dialogue, and plenty of bite."e;—Grant Wamack, author of Bullet Tooth"e;Grit, grime, and gruesome discoveries abound in this haunting foray into the howling darkness of 1970s San Francisco. Sean Malia Thompson offers a thrilling new crime horror novella that compels as it terrifies."e;—Tiffany Morris, author of Green Fuse Burning"e;The Clear Lake Killer is a taut psychological thriller that grabs you from the start and never lets go. Diving into San Francisco's seedy 70s underbelly, this story follows killers and cults as murder grips the city, while a pair of sleuths race against time to bring the carnage to an end."e;—Pedro Iniguez, author of Synthetic Dawns & Crimson Dusks"e;Thompson gives us a sex-fueled 70s flashback the color of blood and shadows. We get a slasher, cultists, fucked-up cops, and just enough dark humor to keep us from pulling that old hunting knife out of the closet."e;—Patrick Shawn Bagley, author of Bitter Water Blues

On the grounds of a former asylum, a luxury apartment complex sits. Liv has moved in recently, using the insurance money from her parent's tragic deaths months before. But a bad snowstorm outside is getting worse, and strange things are happening in the building. All the while, Liv and the other tenants are unknowingly trapped in a place where nothing is as it seems and the rules of reality are not fixed.Inspired by the Silent Hill video game series, films like Session 9, and the horror works of Clive Barker, The Nowhere Complex is an intense novel about cursed places and haunted people.