Ryan Hoyt
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America (the)
Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, General Fiction, Horror
Skills: Reading/Literary Event, Press/Media Interview
Ryan Hoyt is a San Francisco Bay Area native and has lived, studied, and worked there his entire life. His love for creepy and fantastic stories was nurtured early on by his mother, who let him watch the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It at six years old.
Ryan writes fantasy and horror. His first two fantasy books in the Aepistelle Chronicles series (Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair, as well as prequel novella The Witch of Ferathan) were released in 2021. Raventree Hollow, his debut horror novel, was released in 2022.
Ryan Hoyt's books
Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair
A heroine’s first adventure. A kingdom’s last hope.
Gemma spends her days studying a war her father fought in before her birth, but she realizes that not everything is what it seems. When she sets off to interview an aging hero, she learns about an emerging threat to the kingdom prophesied by the forbidden factions of magic and religion.
Since she can’t go to the officials without incriminating her new friend Richard, they must set off together on a journey through an uncanny forest to confirm and neutralize the threat. Can they forge new alliances and defeat the forces of evil without the use of magic or the might of a military?
If they fail, everyone they love will perish.
The Forest of Despair is the first book of the Aepistelle Chronicles, a new series of epic fantasy adventures following an emerging heroine and her team of sidekicks, including a witch with an army of children, a young homeless seer, a giant ogre, a boisterous stage performer, and an all-female crew of pirates.
The Witch of Ferathan (An Aepistelle Chronicles Novella)
An alluring stranger. A trail of destruction. Will Ferathan survive her charm?
When a stranger arrives in the secluded town of Ferathan, the townspeople are enamored by her mystique and beauty. Lonely farmer Gaethen Devorac is the particular target of Naliah Lunarra's affections, and he is oblivious to the strange occurrences in town since she appeared.
As the community endures famine, rare attacks by giants, and bizarre behavior by the local livestock and wildlife, the people of Ferathan turn to Naliah for protection. Gaethen's skeptical friend Jermaine Fielder follows Naliah's path of destruction that led her to the town. Will he discover who—and what—she really is before it's too late for Gaethen and the rest of Ferathan?
The Witch of Ferathan is a standalone story set seventy years before Gemma Calvertson and the Forest of Despair, Book One of the Aepistelle Chronicles. Chapter One of The Forest of Despair is also included as a special sneak preview.
Raventree Hollow
The rumors are deadly. The truth is deadlier.
In the small town of Raventree Hollow, rumors fly fast on the residents’ whisper networks. When word spreads that the town’s wealthy young bachelor is in a mysterious new relationship, factions form and deadly decisions are made. After all, the town has a reputation to keep.
As aspiring photojournalist Shirley Bettencourt investigates the rumors, the truth about the town’s dark history comes to light. Something is lurking under the surrounding hills. Something is feeding off the sins of Raventree Hollow.
Can Shirley stop the town from being consumed by an ancient evil?
Raventree Hollow is an American gothic horror tale set in the 1950s. A standalone story, it is the first book of the new A Machete & Quill Horror line.