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Editorial Reviews

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “A story about cults and something that might include cosmic horror? YES, please! What follows is thrilling and unexpected, a fast but deep read that is all too prescient in today’s society.”—David Simms, author of Dark Muse and Pierce the Veil

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “What a great story! Is it folk horror, a cult tale, religious, sci fi? Maybe all of those? Strong characters, excellent pacing, and a subversion of not one but two of my favorite subgenres. Highly recommend.”—Kayleigh Dobbs, Happy Goat Horror

 ★ ★ ★ ★ “The characterization in this novel is so strong that it drives the narrative and makes everything work.”—Michael J., Pop Culture Podium

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “So unique and with the right amount of unsettling elements. In my opinion, this is a sophisticated sci-fi horror that mesmerizes the reader at first, attacking them when they least expect it.”—Chiara Cooper, aeatecla_the_bookrat

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Are you ready for the apocalypse? If not, you’d best be getting ready. Mia Dalia knows how the apocalypse will happen. She knows how it’s going to go down. But this is not your typical apocalypse story. There is so much more. In a story of hopes and dreams… failures and inner turmoil, Dalia has a new version of how the world will end. It is nothing like anything I have read.”—Tasha Schiedel, Undead Reader  

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “So once again, I am here to tell you about how much I loved another Dalia book. The undertones in this one with everything going on currently hit hard — honestly this might be up there with my favorites from Dalia, it tapped a horror that feels all too real and got under my skin.”—Alexus Johnson, Purgatory Media

 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Are you ready for the apocalypse? If not, you’d best be getting ready. Mia Dalia knows how the apocalypse will happen. She knows how it’s going to go down. But this is not your typical apocalypse story. There is so much more.” —Ginger Nuts of Horror

About the Author

Mia Dalia is an internationally published, Crime Writers Association-nominated author of all things fantastic, thrilling, scary, and strange. Her short stories of horror, noir, science fiction, mystery, crime, humor, and more have been featured in a variety of anthologies, magazines, literary journals, online, and adapted for narrative podcasts. 

Mia’s stories were selected as one of Tales to Terrify’s Top Ten Stories of 2023 and shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2024 Dagger Award. Her work has been acclaimed by Library Journal, which “highly recommended it for gothic fiction readers and fans of Shirley Jackson,” praised by Kirkus Reviews for its “imaginative directness reminiscent of Stephen King,” and lauded by Booklist for its “beautifully detailed characters and a subtle slide into dread.” 

Mia is the author of the novels Estate Sale and Haven, the novellas Alakazam, Tell Me a Story, Discordant, Arrokoth, and Do You Know the Muffin Man? and the collection Smile So Red and Other Tales of Madness.