I spent the summer finishing up a novel that I started more than twenty years ago. I’ve put it off that long because I knew one day I would be good enough to write it. I really think it’s the best work I’ve ever done. Below are the links to purchase. I’m already working on the audiobook, and positive reviews will help me land a quality narrator.

Best regards

AJ

Kindle and Print

Found HERE

Ireland & Northern Ireland

Dublin

Belfast

Limavady

Derry / Londonderry

Coleraine

Dungiven

Ballymena

Doolin, County Clare

County Clare

County Fermanagh

County Wexford

Killea

Westport

River Roe

Giant’s Causeway

Galway

Dunluce Castle

Hook Head Lighthouse

Falls Road, Belfast

Drumachose Road, Limavady

A37 near Dungiven

Ireland’s western coast

The border / roads between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Dublin locations

Temple Bar

Quay Bar

Four Courts Hostel

Dickens

The Mitre

The laundromat

The post office

The low-ceilinged bar/pub outside Dublin

Other Irish establishments / specific locations

Frank Owens’ Bar

McGann’s Pub, Doolin

Royal Pub, Belfast

The fish-and-chips shop —McNulty’s / McConnoles

The cow pasture

Belfast’s murals / checkpoint area

I've always been fascinated by the logic behind ghosts.

If they're able to pass through walls, doors, cars, etc... then surely the ground shouldn't be any different.

Which got me wondering:

What happens if gravity still affects them?

That little thought eventually became Nexus of Regret, my latest short story.

Two strangers meet on a forest road after a fatal accident. They're forced to confront the fact that they're dead, but that's only the beginning.

The story explores guilt, regret, self-forgiveness, and some of the ideas we carry around about what might happen after we die.

I'm deliberately not going to explain too much more. I think stories like this are more interesting when you can discover the rules yourself.

I'm curious what you think, though.

If ghosts could pass through the ground, would gravity eventually pull them somewhere? And if so... where?

Nexus of Regret is now available as an EPUB for anyone interested.

So I went viral last night.

Hey all! This is a short sci-fi novella and my very first publication, so I'm really excited but also slightly nervous, but I'm pretty proud of it! Little Nightmares/Miyazaki vibes!

Blurb:

Automation has its place in the world. The eerie thing about it is that it doesn't stop, even when we do.

He has been here for sixty three years. He knows the ship the way you know a room you have never left. The pressure gauge in the aft chamber. The clock that needs winding at noon. The table that needs setting at eight, for people who no longer come.

When his duties fall quiet for the first time, he descends into the ship below his deck — and discovers a world he never knew existed.

He has never thought to wonder why.

He wasn't programmed to.

Room after room. Machine after machine. Each one doing their job in perfect silence. Each one completely alone.

A novella about what lives at the bottom of things. And what happens when, after sixty three years, something finally looks up.

• Triggers: None
• Publication Date: 08/31/2026
• Will send ARCs upon form completion
• Reviews in by 08/15/2026 if possible!
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• Publishers: Amazon/Kindle

Prophecy and Fate, Book One of the Loki's Truth series is a heartfelt reimagining of Nordic myths, published March 24, 2026..

What happens when the Trickster god Loki meets a mortal girl with the power to see the future?

This heartfelt retelling explores themes of love and betrayal, of what makes a family and the lengths a man will go to to defend his own.

Free to read on Kindle Unlimited.

https://a.co/d/03PNT7Lk

No AI whatsoever has been used in the creation or editing of this novel, it's cover, or it's formatting.

Hi all! I’m Daan J. M. Holland, an indie self-published author from the Netherlands, and over the past year and a half I’ve fallen way further down the writing/publishing rabbit hole than I ever expected.

My first novel, When the Grid Goes Down, originally published in 2025, but recently rewritten and republished, follows ordinary people in the Netherlands after a cyberattack takes down the European power grid. I wanted the collapse to feel uncomfortably plausible rather than Hollywood-like: phones stop working, shops empty, fuel becomes scarce, the military tries to maintain order, rumours spread, and people slowly realise this might not be fixed tomorrow.

A big part of the story is the moral side of survival. When you prepared and your neighbour didn't, how much do you give away? When does helping someone endanger your own family? Do you still follow the law when the institutions enforcing it are disappearing? And what happens when otherwise decent people become desperate enough to do terrible things?

I’m now writing a prequel that shifts into more of a spy/intelligence thriller. It follows the seven days before the blackout, as an intelligence analyst starts seeing seemingly unrelated warnings fall into place while everyone around her is still going about normal life.

I’m learning all of this as I go, so tips, criticism and feedback are genuinely welcome. I’m also looking for ARC readers for the prequel if that sounds like something you’d enjoy.Hi all, I’m Daan, an indie self-published author from the Netherlands, and I’ve somehow fallen completely down the rabbit hole of writing, editing, covers, publishing, marketing… all of it.

My first book, When the Grid Goes Down, is a grounded collapse thriller about what happens in the Netherlands after Europe’s power grid fails.

I’m still learning as I go, so any tips, feedback, or advice from other authors and readers would be genuinely appreciated.

I’m also working on a spy-thriller prequel set during the seven days before the blackout, and I’m starting to look for ARC readers for that one. If that sounds like your kind of thing, feel free to reach out.

Title: Oakhaven: the silent inheritance by Robert King (2026)

Anyone interested in becoming an ARC reader? I’m looking for 10 people to review this book and give an honest review. Please follow the link below if you’re interested. Thank you.

A clockmaker wakes to a town that has stopped breathing. In Oakhaven, time freezes, people turn into perfect waxen replicas, and a sentient Silver Fog begins replacing the living with hollow imitations. Julian Vane—armed only with his tools, a failing experimental chronometer, and the stubborn rhythm of his own heartbeat—must uncover the valley’s buried secret: an ancient “Anchor” built by his ancestor to cage an alien intelligence that hungers for silence. As the replicas close in and the fog spreads from town to town, Julian races to restart the world’s ticking clock before humanity is archived forever.
This blurb draws directly from the novel’s core elements, including the frozen townspeople described as “a bronze statue forgotten in the middle of the sidewalk” and the revelation that “Oakhaven hadn’t been attacked; it had been harvested.”

Follow the link below to receive a free copy

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Hey Kansas City - I am an independent author who just published my first novel about a kid who gets his first automobile, his first job, his first love, and his first run-in with the mob.

It's called Paulie's Pizza, and I'm having a book signing tonight (Friday 8/14) at Minsky's Pizza in River Market. 6-9pm. It's a coming-of-age story about nostalgia, friends, and moments that change everything.

I'd LOVE to see you there!!

· Maybe you’re tired of Life?
· Maybe you want to Die a little inside?
· Maybe you just want to know if Love actually does conquer all?

They call me Deadbeat Creep. I’m seriously dead, and I’m dead serious. And I’ll be your guide through the valley of the shadow of Death.

Welcome to Mourning.
Where beauty never died ... it simply evolved.

“DEADBEAT CREEP and the Red Skies in Mourning” A Hellish Tale
Available on KindleUnlimited!

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