The Birch Island Cases
Birch Island is where Modernism went to bury its children.
Birch Island may feel like your hometown, but that’s exactly what it wants you to think. Home of the lost, a hunting ground of monsters, and a haven for the forgotten, it’s a place of supernatural mystery and constant danger.
Journalist Owen Lamont was drawn to the Island by the very stories that now endanger him. But it isn’t just the ghosts and monsters watching him from the dark. There is an intelligence at play that feels more human.
Follow Owen’s adventures as he explores Birch Island and its mysteries. Inspired by episodic monster-of-the-week horror stories, these books feature a variety of familiar supernatural threats, in addition to original creatures and scares. This is a series for lovers of fast-paced supernatural thrillers with an eye for classics and a modern sensibility.
Dark Petition – Prequel to the Birch Island Cases
No one goes to Birch Island to do anything but die. However, journalist Owen Lamont has ventured there for a story. Sightings of black-eyed children are putting pressure on Owen’s scepticism, but that’s the least of his concerns. Beliefs won’t stop the knocking at his door. Will he end up like the rest, another casualty of the island? When the time comes, can he resist, or will he let them in?
Dark Petition is the prequel novella to the Birch Island Cases. Available to buy now!
Observer – Book One of the Birch Island Cases
Owen Lamont has taken a writing position at The Birch Island Observer, a supernatural tabloid focusing on the weird and unexplainable.
Now he’s being followed. Is the Woman in Black a government agent, an assassin, or something worse?
Owen can’t be sure who to trust or what to believe. But he does know one thing for sure – he isn’t just investigating anymore. He’s now a part of this story.
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Flame and Sinew – Book Two of the Birch Island Cases
Locals are seeing lights above Birch Island. Shimmering green skies, accompanied by unknown crafts and gory abductions.
How can Owen hope to solve the case when he’s struggling to find a place on the team? He’s no secret agent.
With the night sky alight, and miles of road between them, will Owen make it in time? Or will everything be set ablaze?
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Oceanus – Book Three of the Birch Island Cases
The ocean protects a secret. A mystery left to rot in its depths, like a wound unable to heal.
Something is approaching the island, cold and inevitable like a winter storm. What does it want, and can Owen and his team hope to stop it?
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Jacob Marsh 