Send The Dead: A Novella and Four Stories

She Knows the Island’s Darkest Secrets—And He’ll Regret Crossing Her

Marina January makes a living guiding tourists through the haunted ruins of St. John's sugar plantations. She's undocumented, paid under the table to keep history alive, while dodging the ICE goons and collecting enough tips to hire an immigration lawyer.

When a famous director recruits her as a location consultant for his new historical film, it feels like a lifeline—especially when the film’s magnetic star, Gabriel Nash, takes an interest in her. But Marina soon discovers Nash is dangerous, as well as charming. His obsessions nearly destroy her, until she fights back using her profound knowledge of Caribbean history, its lore, and the malevolence of the occult.

In Send the Dead, New York Times bestselling author Richard Dooling delivers a chilling blend of literary horror, Hollywood glamour, Caribbean history, and supernatural vengeance—accompanied by four other eerie tales first published in The New Yorker, Story, Smoke, and Esquire.