Vengeful Places book cover — a black crow perched on a blood-stained axe embedded in a tree stump

A Novel by Michael Kevins

Vengeful
Places

They built a career on death.
Now it’s their turn.

Slasher Horror Psychological Thriller Dark Ensemble

About the Book

Something Was Waiting

The Vengeful Places true crime team had built a massive following exploring brutal murder locations — but when they arrived at the infamous Avers farmhouse, they discovered the occult evil that consumed the family fifteen years ago was still very much alive, and it had been expecting them. Their most terrifying episode yet just became a fight for survival.

When the video streamers descended on Los Caidos, California, they came prepared: cameras rolling, audience waiting, story already written in their heads. The farmhouse where professor Redmond Avers slaughtered his family in an occult ritual fifteen years ago and vanished without a trace was exactly the kind of location that built their following. What they didn’t know was that something had been waiting for them too. Part ensemble thriller, part supernatural horror, Vengeful Places is a darkly funny and genuinely terrifying debut about obsession, sacrifice, and what happens when the people who document tragedy become the story themselves.

Vengeful Places will appeal to fans of Paul Tremblay and Gillian Flynn.

Slasher Horror

Brutal, deliberate, and personal. Every act of violence leaves a mark.

Psychological Thriller

A cast of complicated people making terrible decisions under impossible pressure.

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True Crime Media

Cameras rolling, narrative controlled—until the story stops cooperating.

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Vengeful Places contains graphic violence, adult content, and mature themes. Recommended for readers 18+.

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The Author

Michael Kevins

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Michael Kevins did not set out to write a novel—or even a horror story. He set out to make a film. Somewhere between the outline and the screenplay, the story demanded more space than a screen could hold, and Vengeful Places was born.

Not a traditional horror writer, Kevins approaches the genre from the outside, focusing on character, tone, and the unsettling moments that feel plausible rather than purely fantastical. The result is horror that feels uncomfortably close to real.

Vengeful Places is his debut novel and the first installment in a planned series. He is currently at work on the second book.

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