The Veil of Forgotten Names

“The Veil of Forgotten Names”

In the fog-shrouded coastal town of Coldwater Cove, Maine, people don’t just disappear—they’re erased from existence.

Former investigative journalist Elise Marrow arrives seeking answers about her sister Nora, who vanished fifteen years ago. Her only clue: an anonymous letter claiming “Nora’s name is still spoken here.” What begins as a desperate search soon reveals a horrifying truth—an ancient entity imprisoned within the town’s lighthouse feeds on human identities, consuming names and memories until even loved ones forget the taken ever existed.

As Elise uncovers the town’s dark secret, she discovers the founding families have maintained this parasitic arrangement for centuries, gaining unnatural longevity and influence from those sacrificed to the entity. Worse, her own name has begun to fade from documents, photographs blur, and memories slip away—marking her as the next victim.

With help from reluctant allies including a gruff fisherman who lost his son to the lighthouse and the town’s keeper who secretly studies the phenomenon, Elise must restore what has been corrupted before her identity dissolves completely. But saving those already trapped within the entity might require a sacrifice she isn’t prepared to make.

In this atmospheric supernatural thriller, Josh Wolstenholm explores the terrifying fragility of identity and memory, the cost of confronting buried truths, and the lengths to which we’ll go to preserve those connections that define us—even when reality itself begins to unravel.