Lowfield

PEI-born, Toronto-based author Mark Sampson returns with a new novel this spring. Lowfield, a tale of horror and paranormal suspense set on PEI, will be released April 15 by Now or Never Publishing.

Lowfield taps the rich traditions of dark fantasy and weird fiction, with nodding homages to the works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, and Stephen King. But it is also a deeply PEI book, steeped in the Island’s language, culture, and history. 

Set mostly in and around Montague during the summer of 1995, the novel features a traumatized former RCMP officer, a nosy community newspaper editor and his ambitious journalism student intern, as well as allusions to PEI’s first settlers, the Charlottetown Conference, the Island’s legacy of anti-abortion legislation, and the plebiscite for and construction of the Confederation Bridge.

Profound, richly layered, and terrifying, Lowfield is a white-knuckle page turner for those who love a good scare.

Sampson is a fiction writer, poet, book reviewer, and literary critic. He is the author of seven books.