Fiction & Worldbuilding

An Irish tour guide possessed by an ancient demon discovers the most dangerous trap isn't the monster burning inside him—it's believing he can save himself alone.

Seamus Tiernan died in a bog and woke with fire in his chest. Six months later, he's barely holding together, performing for tourists while fighting forces he doesn't understand. The heat demands harsh judgment. The cold whispers mercy. Both feel like him. Both feel true.

When a public transformation destroys his anonymity, the community turns against him—and modern judgment culture feeds the demon exactly what it wants. Following centuries of guidance to "do the internal work," Seamus isolates himself, trying desperately to show himself mercy while the demon uses him to cause more harm.

But 500 years ago, a woman discovered the one thing the demon truly fears: someone who refuses to leave.

Now two people stand with Seamus in dark water, offering mercy he believes he doesn't deserve. His choice will either break an ancient cycle—or become the next monument to those who tried and failed.

Set in rural Ireland where stone circles remember and the land itself judges, The Stones Remember is literary dark fantasy for readers who loved The Green Mile, Piranesi, and Mexican Gothic—a story about cancel culture and redemption, told through Celtic mythology and spare, haunting prose.