A.C. Hessenauer describes herself as a writer of horror, chaos, and madness. Her latest novel, Going to the Six, was published by Cemetery Dance Publications in June 2026 and was selected for the Cemetery Dance Trade Paperback Book Club alongside works by Jack Ketchum, Bentley Little, and Brian Hodge. Going to the Six will also be released as an audiobook by Simon and Schuster Audio's Simon Maverick imprint in fall 2026.
When she’s not participating in macabre ceremonies dedicated to the eldritch horrors out in the woods, A.C. enjoys spending time with her family. She loves a good horror movie, and of course, getting swallowed whole by a good book.
A.C. is represented by Mark Falkin of Falkin Literary.
Poisoned Folk Tales will release in Fall of 2026. Stay tuned for updates!
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“Going to the Six is a claustrophobic, itchy story told in a compulsively readable found-footage style. The combination of shipwrecks, eco-horror, and looming insanity is addictive. Do yourself a favor: open up this book and let the story in.”
—Viggy Parr Hampton, author of The Rotting Room
"Beware: If you read A.C. Hessenauer's Going to the Six too fast, diving in headfirst like I did, you'll end up with the bends by the time you return to the surface.
Never has a novel bubbled over in the bloodstream quite like this book, a haunted document that's equal parts gelatinous eco horror and a waterlogged Blair Witch."
- Clay McLeod Chapman, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Shiny Happy People
“Going to the Six is an experience so close to being inside a found footage horror movie that the pages will almost be shaking in your hands—with authenticity and with fear.
A.C. Hessenauer plays by the film genre’s rules, and this twitchy, itchy story is all the better for it. Paranoia, dread, things maybe or maybe not flitting just outside the camera’s view, and that awful red algae all swirl together to make a horrifying time.”
-Michael Wehunt, Bram Stoker Award winning author of The October Film Haunt
