John Durgin
John Durgin is an award-nominated indie horror author from New Hampshire. Growing up in the Granite State, he discovered Stephen King much younger than most probably should have — reading IT before he reached high school — and knew from that moment on he wanted to write horror.
His debut novel, The Cursed Among Us, released June 3, 2022, and went on to become an Amazon bestseller. The book launched the Newport Curse series, a small-town supernatural horror trilogy rooted in the dark corners of New England.
Since then, John has published steadily and prolifically: his sophomore novel Inside The Devil's Nest followed in January 2023, with his debut collection Sleeping In The Fire arriving in June of the same year. In 2024 he released two more novels — Kosa, which earned stellar reviews, and Consumed by Evil through Crystal Lake Publishing. His most recent novels are The Devil's In The Next Room and The Envelope.
His latest book, I Woke Up a Final Girl, is his most successful launch to date — debuting at #1 in American Horror paperback new releases, hitting the top 5 overall in the category, and accumulating nearly 100 Goodreads reviews in its first week alone.
John writes supernatural and demonic horror, small-town dread, and dark fiction influenced by Stephen King, with recurring themes of curses, demons, and the terror lurking in quiet New England towns. When he isn't writing, he creates visual art — including pencil drawings — and continues building one of independent horror fiction's most dedicated reader communities.
