C.M. Lehsten

C. M. Lehsten writes dark, magic-driven horror that moves fast and cuts deep—edge-of-your-seat, page-turning stories where every choice carries a cost and every ending leaves something behind. Her work weaves twisted magic through quiet dread, building tension that tightens with every page and refuses to release its hold.

She is the author of Festival and multiple occult horror series, crafting dark tales where survival is never the same as escape and the forces at work do not loosen once they’ve taken hold.

Long before she could write, she told stories of things that lingered just out of sight—a habit that grew into a lifelong pursuit of unsettling fiction.

When she’s not writing, she explores the woods with her husband of over thirty years, aware that some paths are better left alone.