Lydia Schoch to Pen Foreword to New Psychological Horror-Thriller
- Broken Keys Publishing
- Aug 23
- 2 min read
We at Broken Keys Publishing & Press are ecstatic to announce Lydia Schoch will be penning its foreword to Diavian Gunner's New Horizon: Darkness Dawns.
Lydia has written forewords for Broken Keys Publishing & Press' titles, including A Dark Corner of My Soul, and Down Darkened Corridors. She is a science-fiction and fantasy writer and author of Tumble and Waiting for Earl to Die and Other Stories, and blogger and book reviewer. Her website is lydiaschoch.com
Psychological
Horror/Thriller
CAUTION:
Content Warning: Explicit sex, sexual violence, and sexual abuse
Dawn is a night club singer – beautiful, seductive, confident, sure of herself - at least that's what the world sees.
Beneath the sultry exterior we are forced to discover and witness the abuse and trauma that led her to become the thing she is slowly gravitating towards.
"Is it better to out-monster the monster, or to be quietly devoured?"
―Friedrich Neitzsche, Good and Evil
The descent into darkness and madness is complete as we accompany Dawn, navigating through suffering, sexual abuse, survival, and vengeance. There is light at the end of this tunnel, but on this New Horizon sometimes survival means becoming a monster ourselves.
This novel does not back away in its unflinching brutality as it directly faces and confronts the profound and psychologically deep issues of retribution versus justice, and the anguish of survival and identity, with disturbing clarity.
Be warned: Here there be monsters.
New Horizon: Darkness Dawns will be Diavian Gunner's debut novel.
From a young age, Diavian has enjoyed storytelling. Whether it was through music, writing, or creating stories and conveying them in her own way, it is what she lives for.
She grew up writing stories that then turned into poetry that turned into songs. Diavian attended the Millersville University from 2017 to 2021 and graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Music Industry with a concentration in music management and voice.
Music and writing has always gone hand and hand for her. Although she has a degree in music, her writing flourished during her university years. In that time, her love for stories was rekindled, due in part, to her English classes. They challenged her skills while broadening her creativity. Since then, she has taken what she's learned and applied to her writing to create more immersive and connective stories.
Release date: September 2025
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