I really think the experience of being diasporic has not just influenced my writing, but is also a huge reason why I write in the first place. My parents are from former-Yugoslavia, so that has been a big part of my upbringing and identity as a first-generation immigrant. My first name is Alex, and I was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Vrana is an enigma, even to me! Just kidding. Vrana? Tell us about yourself and how you became a writer.Ī.J.

Can three unlikely heroes put aside their fears and unite to confront a centuries-old evil? Will they uncover the truth behind the fable, or will the cycle repeat? Can she trust Kai as their paths collide, or does he herald her demise?Īnd after losing a young patient, crestfallen oncologist, Mason, embarks on a quest to debunk the town’s superstitions, only to find his sanity tested.Ī maelstrom of ancient grudges, forgotten traumas, and deadly secrets loom in the foggy forests of Black Hollow. Miya, a floundering university student, experiences signs that she may be the Dreamwalker’s next victim. When Kai wakes up next to the lifeless body of a recently missing girl, his memory blank, he struggles to clear his already threadbare conscience.

And after they return, they almost always end up dead. Yet the boundary between fact and fable is blurred by a troubling statistic: occasionally, women do go missing. Black Hollow is a town with a dark secret.įor centuries, residents have foretold the return of the Dreamwalker-an ominous figure from local folklore said to lure young women into the woods and possess them.

The Hollow Gods by A.J. Vrana