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

American Fiction Award - BEST HORROR OF 2024
Independent Author Award - BEST HORROR and BEST DEBUT ACROSS ALL GENRES
International Book Award - BEST HORROR FINALIST
Hawthorne Prize - SHORTLISTED

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 a self-described adrenalin-junkie writer focused on horror, thrillers and stories that make the heart beat fast. Her first novel, Deena Undone won gold in the When Words Count Book Deal Competition and was born from the difficult days caring for an elderly relative. Her short stories have appeared in Unleash Creatives, Querencia Press and Arzono Publishing's 2023 Anthology. Before turning her sights on writing, she spent years as a professional opera singer and finds herself using those musical sensibilities in her work.