Steven

By Gaetano Aniello Russo

He couldn't move. Couldn't scream. As the mist turned purple and the walls giggled with demonic laughter, something ancient perched on his chest and dug in-ribs first.

Nicki is hunted-body, mind, and soul-by an ancient, sadistic entity named Steven, a being not of flesh but of bone-deep vengeance while nightmares bleed into reality with vicious intensity. What begins as a quiet summer morning explodes into a hellish descent when Nicki, a teen burdened by trauma, wakes from a dream soaked in blood and shadow-only to discover he never truly woke up at all. A relentless, otherworldly force stalks him: Steven, a malevolent demon cloaked in smoke and static, who knows Nicki better than he knows himself.

As Nicki spirals between dimensions of waking terror and sleep-bound torture, he's forced to confront sinister truths about his past, his family, and a darkness that lives far beyond folklore. With every screech of static and every grotesque vision, the line between sanity and madness thins-and Steven is always there, grinning with hollow eyes, whispering promises of freedom that smell like rot and blood.

Steven is a supernatural thriller where sleep is a battlefield, trauma is a weapon, and the demons are never just in your head. Perfect for fans of Hereditary, The Babadook, Stranger Things, and A Nightmare on Elm Street, this story rips into your psyche and doesn't let go-even when the lights are on. Just imagine if Insidious and The Omen had a baseball-playing, demon-haunted lovechild-that's Nicki's life now.

Every breath he takes may be his last before Steven claws his way fully into this world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPRKG9CZ
• ISBN13: 9798287137625
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"