The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch
Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.
Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.
The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.
This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.
The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch
Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.
Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.
The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.
This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.
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Modern Dutch horror gained international prominence through chilling dark fantasy that fuses small-town folklore with contemporary technology, best demonstrated in the breakthrough novel Hex. Author Thomas Olde Heuvelt crafted this eerie narrative about a seventeenth-century witch haunting a quiet municipality, earning widespread praise from major horror creators and establishing his reputation across translated speculative fiction.
Born on April 16, 1983, in Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt began writing speculative stories at a young age. His short fiction earned early acclaim in the Dutch literary community, including the Paul Harland Prize. His broader international recognition expanded dramatically when he became the first translated author to win a Hugo Award for his short fiction, alongside nominations for additional Hugo Awards and a World Fantasy Award. Outside of writing, Olde Heuvelt—whose surname translates to 'Old Hill' in Dutch dialect—is an avid mountaineer and guitar player who divides his time between The Netherlands and the south of France.
Olde Heuvelt's fiction blends horror, magic realism, and fantasy, often examining how ordinary communities and individuals respond to uncanny or terrifying phenomena. His narratives frequently explore moral sacrifices, the dark consequences of pursuing happiness, and psychological isolation in extreme environments. By combining eerie supernatural premises with acute psychological observation, his translated works have reached readers in more than twenty-five countries worldwide.
1 books in catalog
Modern Dutch horror gained international prominence through chilling dark fantasy that fuses small-town folklore with contemporary technology, best demonstrated in the breakthrough novel Hex. Author Thomas Olde Heuvelt crafted this eerie narrative about a seventeenth-century witch haunting a quiet municipality, earning widespread praise from major horror creators and establishing his reputation across translated speculative fiction.
Born on April 16, 1983, in Nijmegen, Gelderland, The Netherlands, Thomas Olde Heuvelt began writing speculative stories at a young age. His short fiction earned early acclaim in the Dutch literary community, including the Paul Harland Prize. His broader international recognition expanded dramatically when he became the first translated author to win a Hugo Award for his short fiction, alongside nominations for additional Hugo Awards and a World Fantasy Award. Outside of writing, Olde Heuvelt—whose surname translates to 'Old Hill' in Dutch dialect—is an avid mountaineer and guitar player who divides his time between The Netherlands and the south of France.
Olde Heuvelt's fiction blends horror, magic realism, and fantasy, often examining how ordinary communities and individuals respond to uncanny or terrifying phenomena. His narratives frequently explore moral sacrifices, the dark consequences of pursuing happiness, and psychological isolation in extreme environments. By combining eerie supernatural premises with acute psychological observation, his translated works have reached readers in more than twenty-five countries worldwide.
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