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Hollow Folk

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Pub Date Sep 29 2026 | Archive Date Not set


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Description

The night shift at the Holloway was supposed to be quiet. When grad student Ethan Ray clocks in as night auditor at the aging Holloway mountain resort, he expects paperwork, silence, and a paycheck. Instead, reddish-brown lights bleed across the Appalachian sky. Hard winds whip through the trees without making a sound, and mysterious owl gargoyles come to life. 

At 3 a.m., every clock stops. Trapped inside with his co-workers, Kal and Teresa, Ethan realizes the hotel isn’t just old. It’s a boundary. Something ancient has been waiting and is now awake. To escape, they must uncover the Holloway’s secrets, even as unexpected love blossoms between Ethan and Teresa. The problem is, the visions haunting each of them carry the same warning: someone in the hotel cannot be trusted. Gothic romance meets Appalachian folk horror, where the mountains are watching and the dark leaves marks.

The night shift at the Holloway was supposed to be quiet. When grad student Ethan Ray clocks in as night auditor at the aging Holloway mountain resort, he expects paperwork, silence, and a paycheck...


A Note From the Publisher

Publisher's Note: This is an unedited advance reading copy put together early for your convenience. Our ARCs undergo several additional rounds of proofing before final publication.

Publisher's Note: This is an unedited advance reading copy put together early for your convenience. Our ARCs undergo several additional rounds of proofing before final publication.


Advance Praise

“Welcome to the terrifying and satisfyingly sick Hotel Holloway, tucked away in a desolate pocket of Appalachia, where you're trapped with three young employees, desperate to escape or never leave, depending on the hour. Trust me when I say, this place makes the Hotel California look like Candyland.”
 - Emily Carpenter, author of Gothictown


“It’s official. 3 a.m. is the new witching hour, and Andrew K. Clark is the master of Appalachian folk horror. Strange and unsettling, while also quietly beautiful, Clark’s Hollow Folk is an eerie mash-up of botanical, religious, and gothic horror. This book will haunt you long after its final sentence.”
 - Ellery Adams, author of Invasive Species


“You’re in for a wild ride when it comes to Clark’s Hollow Folk, as within these pages you’ll encounter strange, supernatural creatures and a hotel out of time—but this is also very much a wild, surrealistic love story.” - Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse and The Haunting of Room 904


“Hollow Folk will take you by surprise as Clark subverts the classic haunted hotel novel and creates something unique and beautifully strange—a love story honed in a surreal crucible of frozen time, marked by old sins the land remembers, and a reckoning that demands atonement. Bold, weird, and moving, this Kafka-esque tale is unnerving and entertaining in equal measure.” - Paulette Kennedy, bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport



“Welcome to the terrifying and satisfyingly sick Hotel Holloway, tucked away in a desolate pocket of Appalachia, where you're trapped with three young employees, desperate to escape or never leave...


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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781967911493
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 260

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