Deena Undone - Paperback

by Debra K. Every (Author)

"A REMARKABLE PIECE OF WRITING...This novel is a SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY" --S.T. JOSHI, Bram Stoker winner

MULTI-AWARD-WINNING DEBUT, NOTABLY:

American Fiction Award - BEST HORROR

Storytrade Book Award -- BEST HORROR

Page Turner Award -- BEST HORROR

Independent Author Award - BEST HORROR and BEST DEBUT ACROSS ALL GENRES

A terrifying nightmare sets off a series of attacks on Deena Bartlett's five senses, and her eighty-year-old Aunt Agatha is responsible. But the old woman is not alone. She's made a monstrous bargain with the Sensu, a malevolent entity whose stock in trade is attacking a person's senses, one by one. It has promised Agatha health in return for one evil act--the killing of her niece. Deena has remained loyal to her bitter aunt for years--her self-imposed penance for having neglected her now-dead parents. But Agatha is dying and her insults will soon end... until a string of inexplicable incidents. A sound so piercing Deena's nose bleeds. A smell so vile her breathing suffocates. And against all reason, after each attack her aunt's health improves. With mounting dread, Deena discovers the bargain her aunt has made. When the Sensu thrusts her into its realm, she must battle not only the power of her aunt's long-held secrets but her own guilt as well.

Author Biography

Debra K. Every is an author of horror, thrillers, and stories with twisted perspectives. Her 2024 psychological horror debut, Deena Undone, has won multiple awards, most notably an American Fiction Award, a Storytrade Book Award, and a Page Turner Award. A Spanish edition will be released in 2025 by Dilatando Mentes. Her short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies by Hippocampus Press, Fairfield Scribes, Etched Onyx, Fractured Lit, and Querencia Press. Before turning to writing, Debra spent years as a professional opera singer. She lives amongst the rolling hills and pastures of Upstate New York with her husband and quirky cattle dog, Bad Dog Bob, where she endlessly strives to write one perfectly balanced sentence.