Universe projects
The Ashman Chronicles
A metaphysical trilogy about a soul who keeps waking up at the edges of worlds, guided by a figure made of ash and light.
In development
Independent literary publishing
Dream Forest Publishing
A psychological and supernatural imprint for stories where family, memory, and belief become the most unsettling ghosts in the room.
Dream Forest Publishing is a small independent house devoted to psychologically rich, atmospheric fiction that walks the line between haunting and healing. Our flagship novel, The Other One, threads Christmas lights through childhood trauma, unborn twins, and the kind of presence that never really left your room.
Stories that move through the dark to find the light within.
Flagship release
The Other One
Psychological Horror · Supernatural Thriller
It starts with a phone call on Christmas Eve. Kelly is home with her family, half-listening to the noise downstairs, when an unknown number flashes across her screen. The man on the other end speaks to her like he has known her for decades. He knows the layout of her parents’ house, the way the stairs creak, the colour of her childhood bedroom walls. He calls her “Kel” the way no one else does.
He says his name is Rick. He says they used to talk every night when she was little. He says he kept his promise to stay, even after everyone forgot he was there. As the conversation twists between comfort and something colder, Kelly starts to remember flashes that never quite fit her life: the warmth beside her crib, a second presence curled into her, a heartbeat that matched her own until it didn’t.
When strange things begin to bleed into the present — misaligned memories, missing time, voices in the walls that sound almost like her — Kelly is forced to confront an impossible possibility: that Rick isn’t a ghost or a delusion, but the other soul who was meant to incarnate with her and never fully made it through. And he is tired of watching her live their life alone.
Ideal for readers of intimate, psychologically driven horror who care more about atmosphere, family dynamics, and existential unease than jump scares or gore.
Beyond one story
A growing inner universe
Dream Forest Publishing is building a small but interconnected body of work: standalones that speak to each other, and series that trace the soul across worlds, lives, and timelines.
Alongside psychological horror, Dream Forest nurtures metaphysical series that move between waking life and the unseen. Think quiet portals rather than loud explosions: dream logic, liminal spaces, and the kind of questions that follow you into the morning.
One such project is The Ashman Chronicles – a planned metaphysical trilogy that follows a single soul through fragmented worlds, forgotten forests, and the stillness between incarnations.
- Slow-burning, character-focused narratives instead of plot for plot’s sake.
- Cosmic questions grounded in human grief, love, and small choices.
- Stories that can stand alone yet echo each other in tone and theme.
Standalone novels
Rooms Without Names
Literary speculative fiction about a city where every locked door leads to a moment you never lived, but remember anyway.
In development
Future collaborations
Shared Forests
A future home for carefully chosen voices in psychological horror and spiritual fiction with real emotional gravity.
On the horizon
About Dream Forest
Stories with depth & quiet teeth
Dream Forest Publishing is a small independent house dedicated to stories that linger – on the skin, in the chest, and somewhere just behind the eyes.
We focus on fiction that leans into inner journeys: psychological tension, spiritual questions, emotional realism, and the kind of dread that arises when you finally sit still with yourself.
Whether the story takes the shape of horror, metaphysical exploration, or literary speculative fiction, the same compass applies: darkness is welcome here, but only when it leads somewhere honest. Every book should unsettle you in a way that ultimately feels like waking up.
Thoughtful, intentional storytelling
Emotional honesty over easy catharsis
Darkness with a purpose, never for spectacle
Spiritual and psychological growth at the core
Catalog
Books from the Forest
A small, focused catalog of psychological horror, metaphysical journeys, and emotionally resonant fiction. Each title stands alone, but they all speak to the same forest.
Psychological Horror
The Other One
On a snow-heavy Christmas Eve, a woman answers a call from the imaginary friend she was supposed to outgrow — and realises he may be the part of her that never made it into this life.
Metaphysical Fiction
Between Waking
The first book in a trilogy about a soul who keeps waking in other people’s last five minutes, searching for the way back to its own life.
Literary Speculative
Rooms Without Names
In a city of impossible architecture, every locked door leads to a version of you that chose differently – if you’re willing to knock.
Quiet Horror
We Who Stayed
A small coastal town refuses to evacuate after the sirens fail. The sea comes anyway – bringing back what was never properly buried.
Spiritual Speculative
The Quiet Field
Every night, a burned-out therapist dreams of the same field and the same stranger. Every morning, one of her patients is not quite the same.
Metaphysical Horror
Hollowsong
A sound engineer discovers a frequency hidden inside silent tapes – a note that plays only in people who have something they refuse to forgive.
For readers
If you like your stories to haunt gently
Dream Forest books are for readers who enjoy atmosphere, inner tension, and the slow, steady feeling of something shifting just out of sight.
As a reader, you’ll find stories that sit with you rather than shout at you. Books that make you feel slightly more haunted and slightly more whole – often at the same time.
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“These are the kinds of stories that follow you into your commute, your shower, your late-night scrolling – not with jump scares, but with a soft hand on your shoulder asking,
What if this is about you?”
— Early reader impression, placeholder
Contact
Step into the forest
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Whether you’d like to request a review copy, discuss a potential partnership, or simply share how a story met you at the right time, your message is welcome here.
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