MY STORY

John Keaser Jr. is an American horror author and the founder of Dark Hollow Media, a creative studio devoted to folk-horror storytelling across books, podcasts, and film. His flagship saga, Hopewell Hollow, unfolds in the mist-covered woods of Massachusetts—once home to Puritan settlers whose faith curdled into fear. Generations later, their sins still whisper through the trees, binding the living to the cursed soil beneath them.

Keaser’s writing blends history, folklore, and psychological dread, exploring how guilt and silence can haunt a family—or a town—for centuries. His companion podcast, Echoes in the Dark: Stories, Haunts, and Horrors, expands that world, pairing original fiction with true accounts of hauntings and regional legends.

From the written page to the microphone, John’s work captures the quiet unease of rural America—where every forest has a secret and every neighbor knows more than they’ll admit. Based in Ohio, he writes by the low hum of a desk lamp, chasing the echoes between Puritan ghosts and modern fears.

Novels

Hopewell Hollow
A Folk-Horror Novel by John Keaser Jr.
When construction work unearths a child’s grave on the property of the condemned children’s home outside Hopewell Hollow, the small town’s dark past begins to resurface. Something sinister is stirring, a presence that seems to rise from the hallowed earth. Haunted by ghostly visions and the echoes of forgotten tragedies, a new family finds themselves ensnared in an ancient nightmare. As the silence of the hollow is broken, long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface...
Coming Fall 2026