The Ones Who Hound Him in the Dark: A Novelette

Aranošt had struck out into the remote Skarprvid Forest in search of a fallen empire's lost knowledge. Now, starving and afraid, his first object is survival as he encounters a reclusive tribe and pries into secrets better left uncovered.

"The Ones Who Hound Him in the Dark" is a novelette (56 pages / approx 10,800 words) that blends the atmosphere of folk horror with the thrills of sword & sorcery, paying homage to the pulp weird fantasy novels of yesteryear.

Content notes: hunting, animal death, rudimentary surgery, graphic injuries