On March 1, 2025, a chilling new voice emerges from the shadows of V13: The Cherale, the debut horror novel from our own Lance Marwood. Drawing from the same raw intensity that defined his work in Toronto’s hardcore scene, Marwood crafts a tale of parental dread and ancestral horror that will resonate with anyone who’s ever felt watched in their own home—or questioned what might be listening when their child cries out in the night. In The Cherale, readers meet Michael Abney, a struggling writer and exhausted father whose ordinary life fractures when his son’s nighttime terrors signal something far more sinister than typical childhood fears. As ancient family secrets bleed through the walls of Michael’s home, a malevolent presence awakens—one that has waited generati...