Dust-Eaters of Marree

The Dust-Eaters of Marree
A psychological folk horror novel set in the unforgiving heart of the Australian outback.

When historian Dr. Eliza Thorn arrives in the remote town of Marree, she expects heat, isolation, and the faded remains of forgotten settlements. What she doesn't expect is silence-the kind that devours memory and stalks her through dust-choked streets. Locals vanish. Maps lie. And a name she once knew-Hope's End-slips from her mind like sand through her fingers.

As Eliza digs into a vanished town no one remembers, she uncovers whispers of an ancient force buried in Aboriginal Dreamtime mythology: a story-eater, a guardian of balance that doesn't just erase people, but the very idea they ever existed. With the help of a reluctant guide and a wary elder, Eliza must confront a land that doesn't forgive, and a presence that consumes reality itself.

But the more she investigates, the more the story begins to consume her.

A slow-burn descent into cosmic erasure, memory horror, and folkloric dread, The Dust-Eaters of Marree is perfect for fans of Brian Evenson, T. Kingfisher, and the mythic tension of Annihilation.