J.S. Harrow writes suspense, horror, and dark speculative fiction about ordinary people caught in situations that are anything but ordinary. From unsettling psychological horror to worlds beginning to unravel, the stories explore what people do when the rules they depended on suddenly stop working.
The clown in the painting watches Emma sleep. Jenny thought the vintage artwork would brighten her baby’s nursery. Instead, the clown’s smile keeps changing, her infant reaches for something no one else can see, and the house begins to feel less like a home and more like a trap. As Jenny’s controlling husband grows stranger and neighbors begin dying, she must uncover the painting’s dark history before whatever is trapped inside it claims her daughter. A chilling blend of supernatural horror and domestic suspense, Last Laugh will make you think twice about every shadow on the wall.
Sarah Winters moved to Saltbrook hoping to give her family a fresh start. Instead, she begins questioning her memory, her instincts, and whether she can protect her children from a threat hiding behind perfect manners and homemade cookies. Set against the coastal Maine backdrop, She Knows What’s Best is a chilling domestic thriller about trust, manipulation, and the danger of someone who knows exactly how to turn kindness into control.