Join us for a special evening of Appalachian horror featuring local authors Andrew K. Clark and David Allan Voyles in conversation, to celebrate the release of Andrew’s new novel Hollow Folk!
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ABOUT HOLLOW FOLK
The night shift at the Holloway was supposed to be quiet.
It wasn’t.
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 now a boundary.
Something ancient has been waiting and is now awake.
To escape, they must uncover the Holloway’s secrets. The problem is, the visions haunting each of them carry the same warning: someone in the hotel cannot be trusted.
A chilling Southern Appalachian folk horror set in 1993, where the mountains are watching and the dark leaves marks.
ABOUT ANDREW K. CLARK
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, published by Cowboy Jamboree Press, was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award, shortlisted for the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award, and winner of an IPPY from the Independent Book Publishers Awards.
The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise, was published by Quill & Crow Publishing House. His third novel, Hollow Folk, is being published by Quill & Crow in September 2026.
His poetry collection, Jesus in the Trailer, was published by Main Street Rag Press and shortlisted for the Able Muse Book Award. His work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, UCLA’s Our of Anonymity, Appalachian Review, Rappahannock Review, The Wrath Bearing Tree, and many other journals. He received his MEA from Converse College.
ABOUT DAVID ALLEN VOYLES
Some of the tales in David Allen Voyles’ first collection of original horror stories The Thirteenth Day of Christmas and Other Tales of Yuletide Horror were those he told while conducting tours for his ghost tour company Dark Ride Tours in Asheville, NC. Playing the role of gravedigger / storyteller Virgil Nightshade, Voyles entertained guests as they were transported to various spooky sites in a 1972 Cadillac hearse converted for that purpose.
Having taught literature for 30 years, Voyles is no stranger to weird tales and horror fiction in general.
In addition to publishing his stories in various anthologies, he is also the creator of the horror podcast, Dark Corners with David Allen Voyles, a program in which he narrates many of his tales of horror. Dark Corners can be found on most podcast apps including Spotify.