In the Night Time

Novel, currently seeking agent representation

After a catastrophic television appearance that ends in arson and a near-fatal encounter with an immortal cult, Richard Claus—a cynical seventy-two-year-old horror writer facing terminal cancer—recruits David Dilger, a brilliant but damaged twenty-three-year-old investigator, to unravel a conspiracy that spans multiple supernatural realms. Their partnership becomes a razor-edged journey through metaphysical mysteries: from sentient corpse-puppeteering vegetation in Savannah to dimensional wormholes in a Bible-themed park, where each case peels back layers of cosmic horror while excavating the protagonists' devastating personal traumas.

Richard grapples with a lifetime of moral failures—including a high school murder, abandoning a pregnant girlfriend, and a violent family history, while David battles substance addiction and a literal demonic entity consuming him from within. Their investigations become a crucible of potential redemption, with each supernatural encounter pushing them closer to a final, apocalyptic confrontation with an ancient cult seeking to unleash the primordial evil within David.