The Hollow Veil

By Elias Harrow

The Hollow Veil
A supernatural queer horror thriller about the dead who won't stay buried-and the ones brave enough to face them.

Cal Mercer has spent years exorcising other people's ghosts while trying to outrun his own. Hardened, isolated, and unapologetically gay, he's never asked for help-and never wanted it. But when a job drags him to a small Virginia town gripped by something older and darker than folklore, Cal finds himself tangled with Nico Ashwood, a sarcastic, emotionally guarded medium with a haunted gift and a blurry moral compass.

Together, they uncover a terrifying truth: the Veil-the boundary between the living and the dead-is unraveling. Something is slipping through, and it doesn't just want to haunt. It wants to consume.

As echoes of lost souls distort time and twist reality, Cal and Nico must navigate cursed towns, hollowed children, false memories, and monstrous revenants in a desperate attempt to seal the Breaches. But the deeper they go, the more they realize this isn't just about saving others. It's about saving themselves-before the Veil takes everything.

The Hollow Veil is a queer-led paranormal horror story filled with:

Gripping supernatural tension and rich worldbuilding

LGBTQ+ protagonists with complex emotional journeys

Slow-burn connection and found-family themes

Folkloric horror, intense action, and psychological stakes

Monsters that wear many faces-some of them human

For fans of Supernatural, The Haunting of Hill House, and queer gothic thrillers, The Hollow Veil is a visceral, emotional descent into what happens when the past won't stay dead-and neither will you.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FG294K5C
• ISBN13: 9798290033501
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"