About Haunted Holler Press
Haunted Holler Press is a tiny but mighty indie imprint devoted to dark, lyrical, Appalachian-rooted fantastical fiction.
Think haunted woods, stubborn-hearted heroines, cryptids in the treeline, and fae who don’t sparkle… they burn.
Based in the foothills of the South and fueled by coffee, chaos, and late-night writing sprints, Haunted Holler Press exists for readers who want their romantasy with mud on its boots and starlight in its teeth.
Jacqueline Stepp is an indie author powered by ecological rage, a love of the spooky, and a healthy dose of spite for ALS. She writes Romantasy with a Southern Gothic twist, think cryptids, cursed bargains, and at least one morally gray man who desperately needs therapy.
Inspired by Appalachian folklore and her own beautifully chaotic life, Jacqueline blends dark magic with the kind of homespun superstition your Nana warned you about. When she isn’t writing, she’s a wife, mom, small-business owner, and non-profit founder living in North Georgia. Between collecting cool rocks and strange stories, she stays busy reminding her characters that they must suffer before earning their happy ending.
Beyond fiction, Jacqueline is a fierce ALS advocate. After testing positive for the C9orf72 gene expansion, she began bridging the gap between lived experience and scientific urgency. She is currently helming The Eldritch Shadow: Stories ALS Tried to Bury, a global anthology and advocacy campaign. All proceeds from the project go to Target ALS research.
Through her imprint, Haunted Holler Press, Jacqueline is building a space dedicated to folklore-driven fiction and advocacy storytelling that challenges silence. Her work lives at the intersection of myth and medicine, lineage and land, survival and resistance.
If you hear strange noises in the woods, mind your business. She’s probably writing.
