Experience the offbeat occult/paranormal novel from the twisted mind of Sawney Hatton.
Dirty Spirits
Publication Date: March 15, 2024
Genre: Horror/ Supernatural Horror
SOME VOWS ARE FOREVER.
They say you can’t choose who you fall in love with, and Doug believed it.
He didn’t expect to fall in love with an addict. Once he did, he knew the relationship would be challenging. But there are some things you can never imagine happening, crazy stuff you can never prepare for no matter how hard you try. All Doug can do now is hang on and hope the love of his life isn’t dragged back into hell by her ex-fiancé who can’t move on.
Because while Liam Fowlington may be dead… he’s far from departed.
“The tension is tight, the pacing is amazing, and I was kept on edge the entire time. The book is very reminiscent of Jordan Peele’s GET OUT, but with more of the paranormal mixed in.” -The Writing Werewolf
Content Warnings: Drug & alcohol addiction plays a large part in the story. R-rated sex and violence.
Rating & Review
4.5 out of 5
I just want to say, I highly recommend reading the introduction, it will give you a little peek into Hatton’s mind, and set you up for the story to follow. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s move on to the story. The characters feel real, and believable. The struggles with addiction, the way it affects those around them, all of it. Some characters you’ll love, and you’ll find it hard to forget them after you reach the last page. I have to applaud Hatton for not shying away from the darker sides of the characters and their struggles. The story itself moves along pretty smoothly, and we get to see the present day as well as the past unfold. There were some bits where the phrasing felt a little awkward, but I can’t quite put my finger on why. While the chapters are long, many of them have mini-breaks indicated by dividers (but makes it difficult to commit to just one more chapter and get to bed at a decent hour). I will say it’s hard to stop reading once you start. If you’re looking for a dark and spooky read, that will give you chills and occasionally make you smile, then you’ll want to grab this!
About the Author
Sawney Hatton is an author, editor, and screenwriter who has long loved taking trips to the dark side. Weaned on a steady diet of paranormal horror and creature features, he quickly developed an appetite for all things macabre and monstrous. With early literary influences as tonally disparate as Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One, and Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom, he enjoys fusing the sinister with the satirical, the abominable with the absurd. Other incarnations of Sawney have produced marketing videos, attended all-night film fests, and played the banjo and sousaphone (not at the same time). As of this writing he is still very much alive.
Book Tour Organized By:
