Jeffrey LeBlanc

Sometimes an Appalachian story is so humanistic, so brutal, and horrific, that its very existence is terrifying. We can’t believe such a tale has been allowed to fester and erupt like a malignant, rotting boil. Yarns like the one I’m about to spin, are the hideous tales whispered in the shadows and taken to the grave. But sometimes the tale, like the undead, rise up to haunt us again, and again for all eternity. And some of us have just meager years left to be terrified in each of our own haunted worlds. Alas, cold in the ground with the Conqueror Worm our only friend, we may continue to be tormented by the ghosts—or demons—of our past.
—Jeffrey LeBlanc (Hell’s Forge)

Welcome to

DWELLER OF THE DARK

As the rose fades,

As the tears dry,

Oh…oh my lover,

My love for you will never die.

—Jeffrey LeBlanc (Rose of Lake Lanier)

SIXTEEN APPALACHIAN GOTHIC ROCK albums blazing brightly and eternal! Check out our latest tracks. If you want to support the channel subscribe to DWELLER OF THE DARK and buy an album.

MYTHOS MAYHEM: ‘The Call of Cthulhu’ by H. P. Lovecraft

‘The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction,…

by Jeffrey LeBlanc May 17, 2026May 25, 2026

THE HAUNTED OWL and THE HAUNTED OWL RETURNS Released on AMAZON!!

Shimmering with sadness, speculative manifestations of madness with each shadow on the bough, Filled me with exhilaration—palpable dread that crevassed never before… THE HAUNTED OWL

You are about to meet the horrific dead. Masters of horror who made my heart race, my blood chill, and kept me up for days. Some of these dead writers…

by Jeffrey LeBlanc March 19, 2026April 27, 2026