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Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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FORLORN HARBOR

Forlorn Harbor, June 2026
by Jim Doran

Rowan Prose Publishing, LLC
Featuring: Martina Ramirez
ISBN: 1961967847
EAN: 9781961967847
Kindle: B0FC32K3CF
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"A Wild & Dark YA Horror Story Where a Vintage Movie Serial Terrifies a Group of Teens"

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FORLORN HARBOR
Jim Doran

Reviewed by Sandra Martin
Posted May 22, 2026

Paranormal - Supernatural

When seven teenagers enter an old abandoned movie theater to steal, they are each plunged into a nightmare episode of FORLORN HARBOR, where their greatest fears are realized. Can they make it through their own episode unscathed? Or will they be scarred forever?

Affable Theresa, hunky Liam, athletic Ned, beautiful Joy, follower Kaylee, bully Geoff, and newcomer Martina enter the abandoned Olde Gem Majestic Theater in Queensborough, Pennsylvania, at 2:00 am on a cold winter night. Their plan is to steal the copper wiring while Martina stands as the lookout. But then the lights go out, the exits are sealed, and a scene is projected on the screen, taking the teens to the Anchors Aweigh Tavern, where the harbormaster awaits with his monsters at Forlorn Harbor. Forlorn Harbor is a 1940s serial movie that features a new story in each episode. Liam knows some of the stories, but it is Ned who is thrown into the first episode, where he barely survives and loses a foot. Next is Joy, and the pattern continues until each teenager gets their turn. Meanwhile, Liam is trying to navigate each individual through their episode, while Martina is trying to make sense of the changing rules. Will each player leave their episode, losing a part of themselves? Is it all a bad dream? Or will it all depend on the final decision of the last player?

FORLORN HARBOR by Jim Doran is a wild, dark, and thought- provoking horror story about a group of teenagers who make more than one bad decision, and their redemption is hard-won as their bravery, morals, character, and intentions are tested time and again. The story moves quickly and throws the teenagers into the action. The plot is creative and terrifying, with various creatures that populate the chapters, including a changeling, evil marionettes, vampires, werewolves, witches, ghouls, a succubus, the Tallax, a snake lady, and the harbormaster himself. Martina is the most ethical of the group and is tasked with an important decision that will affect all of their lives. With chapters titled "Red Rover," β€œThe Tallax," and β€œSilent Auction," you know you are in for a treat of terrifying proportions as each player fights to stay alive and intact. FORLORN HARBOR will keep readers invested and entertained all the way through until the final curtain call when Martina and the harbormaster take center stage and deliver the final consequences.

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SUMMARY

“Each ‘episode’ of this horror novel is a thrill to read.”
Kristiana Sfirlea, Readers’ Favorite Gold Medalist Author of The Stormwatch Diaries series

Squeaky-clean Martina Ramirez is about to commit her first crime with a group of six schoolmates—breaking and entering into an abandoned movie theater.

But the trespassers soon find themselves trapped inside, and while desperately trying to discover a way out, a projector starts playing a film introduction to a vintage episode of a horror series named Forlorn Harbor. When the introduction ends, one of the group becomes imprisoned within the film.

The only method of escape is to survive the episode, but Forlorn Harbor doesn’t play fair. As the terrifying night wears on, the projector displays more episodes, ensnaring the others one by one.

And as Martina’s turn arrives, she must face her own ominous trial…alone.

Fans of “The October Society” series by Christopher Robertson, “My Heart is a Chainsaw” by Stephen Graham Jones, or “The Hazel Wood” by Melissa Albert will enjoy “Forlorn Harbor” by Jim Doran.

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