Samuel Brower
Haint's Hollow Series
Deep in the forgotten hills of Appalachia, an ancient darkness is waking. What begins as a deadly mine collapse soon unleashes horrors buried for generations beneath the mountains of Haint’s Hollow. As Sheriff Hunter Gallogly and the people of this isolated Kentucky town fight to survive, they discover that something far older than legend has taken root in the holler. Vampires. Werewolves. Corrupted creatures stalking the woods. With each new terror, the truth becomes harder to deny: Haint’s Hollow sits at the center of something ancient, unnatural, and hungry. Blending Appalachian folklore, small-town suspense, and relentless supernatural horror, the Haint’s Hollow series is a dark journey into the heart of a community where blood runs deep—and some evils refuse to stay buried.
Thunder & Shield Series
In Midcentury America, the Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival is no ordinary spectacle. Behind the bright lights and painted canvas is a secret mission: a small band of extraordinary performers who use their gifts to protect the vulnerable and confront the darkness ordinary people cannot face. From corrupted Midwestern towns and cursed Southern bayous to the windswept plains of the Dakotas, each stop on the carnival’s route brings a new battle against horrors drawn from the folklore of America’s many cultures. Led by the unstoppable strongman Mr. Atlas, the mysterious sorcerer Saul, the battle-scarred Romani Carny, and the mysterious young psychic Lois, Thunder & Shield stands where the law fails, and evil festers. Blending supernatural horror, folklore, pulp adventure, and midcentury Americana, the Thunder & Shield series is a sweeping journey across a haunted America—where every town hides a legend, and every legend is hungry.
Appalachian Druid Seires
Deep in the mountains of Depression-era Appalachia, ancient magic still walks the hollers. For generations, the Reilly family has practiced the old druidic ways in secret—binding themselves to the wild, taking the forms of beasts, and guarding the ancient power rooted deep within the Virginia mountains. But the modern world is closing in. Coal barons, bootleggers, mob enforcers, and men hungry for power threaten not only the Reillys’ home, but the fragile balance between the natural world and the forces that have slumbered beneath it for centuries. As young Sean Reilly comes into his inheritance, he must learn what it means to carry his family’s legacy while standing beside his father, the scarred bear Erin, and his grandsire Donovan, the white wolf, against enemies both human and supernatural. Blending Appalachian folklore, historical dark fantasy, family saga, and untamed mountain magic, the Appalachian Druid series is a sweeping tale of bloodline, transformation, and survival.
Terrifying Tales Series
The Terrifying Tales series gathers Samuel Brower’s darkest short fiction into a relentless collection of supernatural horror, psychological dread, folklore, and cosmic unease. Across haunted cities, forgotten back roads, decaying homes, cursed wilderness, and the thin places where reality begins to crack, each volume plunges readers into worlds where the familiar turns monstrous and ordinary lives collide with ancient evil. From hard-boiled paranormal investigations and sinister hauntings to Appalachian folklore, Lovecraftian mysteries, ghost stories, and slow-burning psychological terror, these stories channel the spirit of classic pulp horror while delivering modern, atmospheric suspense. Dark, unsettling, and impossible to look away from, Terrifying Tales is horror built on tension, consequence, and the creeping certainty that some evils are far older—and far hungrier—than we can imagine. For readers who crave dread that lingers long after the final page, the nightmare begins here.
Antiheroes Anthology
What happens when you start with a ridiculous or pulp-perfect superhero name and build a novel around it? That’s the engine behind my Antiheroes series. Each book begins with a title that sounds ripped from a bargain-bin comic rack and then veers hard into darker, stranger territory. What starts as a wink to capes and cowls quickly mutates into crime noir, psychological thriller, weird fiction, or full-blown serial killer territory. These aren’t superhero stories. They’re stories about damaged people, bad decisions, obsession, violence, and the thin line between ridiculous and terrifying. This is where I tinker, where I experiment, where I let the leash slip. Every protagonist carries a flawed moral compass and a name with alliteration—a small nod to the late, great Stan Lee and the comic-book DNA that first made me fall in love with storytelling. But instead of noble crusaders, you’ll find antiheroes spiraling through chaos, stumbling toward redemption… or digging their own graves. The Antiheroes series is pulp energy without the safety net. High-concept hooks. Low-down characters. Genres that shift. Stories that refuse to behave.
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