Andrew K. Clark presents HOLLOW FOLK with Emily Naser-Hall
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Andrew K. Clark will visit City Lights on Thursday, October 1st at 6:00pm to share his new novel, Hollow Folk, in conversation with Emily Naser-Hall.
“…a wild, surrealistic love story.” - Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse and The Haunting of Room 904
“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
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.
Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Western North Carolina, where his people settled before the Revolutionary War. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow (Cowboy Jamboree Press), was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award, shortlisted for the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award, and won an IPPY from the Independent Book Publishers Awards. The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise (Quill & Crow Publishing House), won an IndieReader Discovery Award and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Hollow Folk is his third novel.
Emily Naser-Hall is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies and Graduate Program Director in the Department of English Studies at Western Carolina University. She holds a Ph.D from the University of Kentucky, an MA from Northwestern University, an LL.M. from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctor from DePaul University. Her research focuses on post-1945 American literature and film, cultural narratives, and the intersection of law and literature.
“…a wild, surrealistic love story.” - Erika T. Wurth, author of White Horse and The Haunting of Room 904
“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
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.
Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Western North Carolina, where his people settled before the Revolutionary War. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow (Cowboy Jamboree Press), was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award, shortlisted for the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award, and won an IPPY from the Independent Book Publishers Awards. The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise (Quill & Crow Publishing House), won an IndieReader Discovery Award and was a finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book Award. Hollow Folk is his third novel.
Emily Naser-Hall is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies and Graduate Program Director in the Department of English Studies at Western Carolina University. She holds a Ph.D from the University of Kentucky, an MA from Northwestern University, an LL.M. from Georgetown University, and a Juris Doctor from DePaul University. Her research focuses on post-1945 American literature and film, cultural narratives, and the intersection of law and literature.
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