Candace Nola is a multi-award-winning author, editor, and publisher. She writes poetry, horror, dark fantasy, and extreme horror content. She is the creator of Uncomfortably Dark Horror, which focuses primarily on promoting indie horror authors and small presses with weekly book reviews, interviews, and special features.

Books include Breach, Beyond the Breach, Hank Flynn, Bishop, Earth vs The Lava Spiders, The Unicorn Killer, Unmasked, The Vet, Desperate Wishes, Transformation, Zombie Ducks, Zippers and many more. Her short stories can be found in The Baker's Dozen anthology, Secondhand Creeps, American Cannibal, Just A Girl, The Horror Collection: Lost Edition, Exactly the Wrong Things and many others.

Awards include the Splatterpunk Award for Anthology of the Year, 2022, for The Baker's Dozen, and the Splatterpunk Award for Anthology of the Year, 2023, for Camp Slasher Lake, vol. 1. Her novel, Beyond the Breach, won the Novel of the Year from the Horror Author's Guild in 2021.

Website: https://www.candacenolaauthor.com/

Bishop by Candace Nola

"Caught between an ancient evil and a man with nothing to lose, a young girl's fate hangs in the balance."

Erin Rogers and her daughter Casey have been missing in the Alaskan wilderness for five days. Troy Spencer is determined to find his sister and niece at any cost. Once there, a local tells Troy about a loner, Bishop, a man shrouded in secrets, who may be his only hope.

As Troy sets out to find the mysterious Bishop, Casey is lost in the woods, alone and frightened, seeking help for her gravely injured mother. But she is not alone, something ancient stalks these forested trails, something evil that hungers for fresh blood.

The trio soon finds themselves caught in a struggle against time as an ancient rivalry is renewed.

CURATOR'S NOTE

An atmospheric thriller set in the Alaskan wilderness that fuses the supernatural and folkloric with nail-biting suspense, as Casey and her gravely injured mother fight to survive against the elements — and against an evil that hungers. – Mike Allen

 

REVIEWS

  • "An exciting cryptid creature feature of Native American lore…"

    – Amazon Reviewer

  • "Bishop draws on supernatural and folktale elements to drive the thrilling narrative. Not only are there people lost in the inhospitable wilderness, but they have to contend with monstrous creatures as well…"

    – Amazon Reviewer

  • "This puts a different spin on a "were-creature" tale. It's fast-paced, bloody, scary fun with a lot more to worry about in the woods than bears!"

    – Happy Goat Horror
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

Prologue

December 15, 1990

Elliott Tanner sat in the back seat of the old Jeep, holding a book and watching the snowflakes blur past the windows. Night had fallen quickly as his family traveled along the narrow road. The vast expanse of the forest stretched along both sides, further than anyone could see. His parents talked quietly in the front seat, over the murmur of the radio. They were going to visit his grandmother in the village by the coast. Elliott thought they had been driving forever, but his mom said that it was just the early night that made the journey seem so long.

He caught a flash of movement outside the car and turned his head quickly to the other side to see what it was, but it was gone. As he turned back to his book, the Jeep jerked violently to the left and his mother screamed as it fishtailed wildly out of control on the snow-covered road. Elliott cried as he saw what stood before them. His tears did not have time to drip into his knitted scarf as the car slid down the bank and rolled. He heard his parents screaming as the Jeep pitched over the ravine and then everything went black.

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"Breaking News-Today in Northern Alaska, the gruesome remains of a young couple were discovered, over three miles from where their vehicle was found. Police say that the young family hit a patch of ice, sending their vehicle crashing into the ravine below. Police speculate that a pack of wild animals happened across the tragic scene, ravaging the bodies before they could be found. More details to follow after the coroner's report. They were traveling with their son, four-year-old Elliott Tanner, who has not yet been found."