Title: The Siren of Groves Peak

Author: Glenn Rolfe

Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0G59J1ZWM/

Release Date: 06/30/2026

Summary

Splatterpunk Award nominee Glenn Rolfe writes tight, modern horror stories for the dark romance and horror reader.

Groves Peak, Maine is home to a dark secret. The successful lobstering community is ready for summer, but a murder at sea changes everything. People are dying in the small coastal town, and the lobstermen are on edge.

Only one man knows the truth. His closet of skeletons is about to open, and no one is safe. Not even his daughter or her best friend. As a supernatural fury, homegrown dangers, and buried secrets coalesce into a series of real-life nightmares, friendships are tested, and heroes will fall. The Siren of Groves Peak reveals the true monsters in us all.

My Review

4/5 Stars

There’s something uniquely unsettling about small-town horror, and this novel delivers that eerie atmosphere in spades. In Groves Peak, an unspoken bargain has shaped the town for generations: the men must answer the Siren’s call, and the women must pretend not to notice. In return, the town thrives. But when one especially cruel act shatters that fragile agreement, men start turning up dead.

This is an intensely atmospheric story that embraces slow-burn horror. Rather than rushing into it, the novel takes its time immersing readers in the lives of its characters and the rhythms of everyday life in Groves Peak.

What makes this story especially compelling is its moral complexity. At first glance, it’s easy to cast the Siren as the villain, but the deeper the story goes, the more that assumption is challenged. Every character carries flaws, secrets, and questionable choices. That emotional and ethical ambiguity kept me deeply invested from start to finish.

Dark and powerful. This will be loved by readers who prefer folksy water horror, slow burn tension, and dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of small-town life.