We Are For The Dark

When Father Shane Ryan is summoned to a meeting with His

Eminence Cardinal Jacobs, he’s confused. A recently ordained priest at a small

Maryland parish, Father Ryan has no idea why His Eminence would want to meet

him. When he arrives, the Cardinal opens by laying out Father Ryan’s past as an

FBI analyst. It seems a priest has gone missing, and the case is…unusual.

Weeks ago, Constable Miriam Rideout from the Royal

Newfoundland Constabulary fielded a frantic call from a priest on a remote

Newfoundland island. He begged for help, but then the line went dead, and no

one has since been reported missing. When permission to perform a wellness

check is denied by her superiors, Miriam takes some vacation time and books a

ticket on the ferry.

Thrown together with friendly but cagey locals, Miriam and

Father Ryan soon learn that something about the island isn’t right. There’s a

fishing port without boats, a town with no stores and no cars, and strange,

bulbous purple wildflowers are growing everywhere. The two don’t trust each

other, but they begin to learn that an alliance, however uneasy, is a

necessity. Because something evil lurks beneath the island—something ancient,

eternal, hungry—and neither it nor the uncanny islanders have any intention of

letting these newcomers leave. A growing sense of dread intensifies until it

explodes in this mystery turned nail-biting gothic horror.

Author: Gretchen McNeil

Horror & ghost stories

Published on 1 Sep 2026 by Black Crow Books.