Galloway's Gospel
Sam Rebelein
2025 · 370 pages · Horror
How it reads
Galloway's Gospel is horror (religious folk horror, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are faith, power and politics and secrets. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is dark — no rescue, no neat bow. At 370 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something dark
- you want something to chew on
- you like finding books before everyone else
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy, heartwarming or funny
- you need a happy ending
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- horror
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- dark
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- heavy and literary
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- new release
- Popularity
- hidden gem
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- faith, power and politics, secrets
- Ending style
- dark
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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