"Storming Babylon": Book One of the Horrors and Hoagies Series

New York drowns under an unrelenting torrential storm that never seems to end. In a cramped, claustrophobic office that doubles as home, washed-up private investigator Dominic "Dom" Mackavial drowns his regrets in bottles—until his two-foot-tall jack-o'-lantern roommate, Jackie, bounces in with unflinching cheer and oblivious slapstick energy that turns every excited moment into accidental chaos.

When a shadowy stranger slips them a golden poker chip from Papa Mac—the city’s powerful vampiric mob boss—the mismatched duo is thrust into a case that threatens the entire hidden supernatural underworld. Baron Adam von Stine, the legendary Frankenstein’s creation and adopted son, now stands as one of New York’s most influential philanthropists. But he lies dying: his grafted limbs rotting from a mysterious affliction, while the secret alchemical methods guarded by his loyal attendant—the great-grandson of the original Igor, Artem—have gone ominously dark.

As Dom and Jackie navigate flooded streets, back-alley deals, and eccentric supernatural networks, they uncover forces intent on shattering the fragile peace between monsters and mortals, plunging the city into a bloody conflict long forgotten.

Blending gritty noir detective vibes with absurd eldritch humor, Horrors and Hoagies: Book 1 delivers reluctant heroism, monstrous politics, family secrets that bite back, and a storm that mirrors the rot threatening to consume them all.

Will this Dom and his hyper-cheerful pumpkin sidekick save the Baron before the hidden world erupts—or will the hoagies run out first?