An Evil Premise
An Evil Premise by T. Marie Vandelly is an unabridged edition published by Blackstone Publishing on August 12, 2025, featuring 362 pages in English. This mind-bending metanovel explores themes of possession and insanity through the lens of a writer’s desperate quest for inspiration. The story follows Jewel, who rushes to her sister Deidre’s bedside after a bizarre accident leaves the bestselling author in a coma. While staying in Deidre’s apartment, Jewel discovers an unfinished manuscript that leads her down a dark path as she attempts to complete it for her sister’s literary agent.
Readers will find a gripping narrative that intertwines psychological horror with elements of mystery and suspense. As Jewel delves deeper into the unsettling story, she grapples with her own sanity while experiencing strange occurrences that blur the lines between reality and fiction. The manuscript’s protagonists compel her to confront her fears, and as her own condition worsens, she becomes increasingly entangled in the chilling events surrounding her sister’s fate. An Evil Premise presents a unique exploration of the lengths one might go for success, set against a backdrop of supernatural elements and psychological tension.
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From T. Marie Vandelly, author of the acclaimed horror novel Theme Music, An Evil Premise is a mind-bending, thrilling metanovel about possession, insanity, and the lengths a writer will go to find inspiration.
When a bizarre accident leaves her sister, bestselling author Deidre Baldwin, in a coma and suffering from a grotesque skin malady, Jewel rushes to her bedside. Though the sisters are not close, she is determined to do what she can for Deidre. Staying at her sister’s apartment, Jewel stumbles upon an unfinished manuscript, the one that Deidre was rushing to complete for her publisher. When Deidre’s literary agent calls in a panic, Jewel–a self-published writer herself, desperate for a break–suggests she can finish it by the deadline.
But the story is unsettling. It begins with a writer looking for inspiration, who finds an unclaimed manuscript. But said manuscript is just a series of protagonists who feel compelled to act out their heinous contributions to the grisly plot.
Jewel is determined not to be scared off, but the novel hits a little close to home. She tries to tell herself she’s being paranoid, but swears she can hear someone typing when she’s not at the desk, and somehow the word count of the novel keeps going up. Her skin begins to itch.
Terrified of losing her sanity, but equally terrified of losing her one shot at success, Jewel tries to find a story somewhere in the carnage, even as her rash becomes worse and she starts to have not-so-neighborly thoughts about her neighbors. Is this what happened to Deidre? Did the manuscript drive her mad? Infect her somehow? Jewel finds herself hoping her sister never wakes up. And fearing what will happen if Deidre does …
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