Aryn Bats proudly presents a modern dark psychogothic fantasy, Grimdark, Steampunk horror.
The Town of Dourbrook never truly sleeps.
Steam coils through its cobbled streets. Gaslight trembles against the fog. Beneath the city, hidden engines thrum like a second heartbeat, ancient and patient. Ravens circle the Switchtower's copper crown, watching with bright, knowing eyes.
They have always watched.
When a grieving soul stumbles upon a forgotten manor where brass and bone intertwine, something long dormant stirs. A mechanical raven twitches back to life. The walls begin to breathe. And deep below the estate, something older than the town itself hums with hunger.
What begins as obsession becomes transformation.
As flesh yields to metal and whispers slip between thoughts, the line between invention and possession fractures. The city's machines are not as lifeless as they seem. The shadows are not empty. And grief, once given a voice, does not speak kindly.
Dourbrook is a place where gears turn inside bodies, where memories can be rebuilt, and where the thing wearing your reflection might not be you at all.
Somewhere in the fog, something is learning how to live again.
And it is watching.
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Aryn Bats is a Canadian author of horror, psychological thrillers, serial killer crime fiction, dark gothic fantasy epics, and relentless suspense. A self-publishing indie writer, Aryn began releasing work publicly at age 48, though the passion for storytelling started at sixteen. After decades working in the trades, a severe back injury and long recovery shifted the course of his life. When the depression lifted following successful spine surgery, the urge to write returned stronger than ever.
Bats dusted off an old manuscript written as a teenager, expanded it into a full saga, and has not stopped since. Known for twisted serial-killer crime sagas like Grey Kong, Bah Bah Blacksheep, and Cry Little Sister, as well as Dark Fantasy Epics such as Brackengloom, also atmospheric stand-alone horrors such as The Coroner's Daughter, 1313, Marlowe's Grin.
Bats blends psychological depth with dark, immersive storytelling.
Readers who enjoy the unsettling tension of Stephen King, the psychological sharpness of Gillian Flynn, or the stylized darkness of shows like Hannibal, Dexter and Mindhunter will find a familiar chill in Aryn's work.
Bats has more than 30 new stories in development... proof that sometimes a second chance at life ignites a fiercer voice than the first.