Brandon Long has been a pop media reporter and reviewer and longtime contributor to both PopHorror.com and SCIFI.radio, covering the horror genre. At long last, he has turned his creative skills to writing the stuff himself, and it’s a tour de force for the genre.
His first book, A Nightmare Called Home, is a novella.
Struggling screenwriter Jonah Hartwell has searched the bottom of every bottle for inspiration. Nearly out of good will and second chances, he turns to a powerful psychedelic drug in a desperate bid for his breakthrough story idea.Instead of gifting fame and fortune, the hallucination triggers an ominous sobriety and a chilling pull toward the small Midwestern town he abandoned fifteen years ago. He returns to find his former home transformed into a soon-to-be haunted house attraction.
But the real horror isn’t staged. As withdrawal begins twisting his body and fracturing his mind, Jonah must confront buried trauma and the restless spirits who linger within the house.
They haven’t forgotten him.
And they aren’t finished.
Long lives in Illinois, and enjoys losing himself in good books, good music and good cinema. He’s been writing for well over a decade, but this is his first work of fiction.
The publisher is Helium Beach, the official publishing imprint of the Krypton Media Group, the same company that owns and operates the listener supported radio station upon whose pages you are reading this very article.
A Nightmare Called Home is currently available for pre-order as an eBook on Amazon for $3.99, and will be available as a trade paperback on the release date of September 15, 2026.
If you enjoy modern gothic horror, you’ll love Brandon Long’s A Nightmare Called Home.
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