SUMMARY: John Michael Jennings just survived a direct tornado hit. He needs a vacation. But escaping alone into the heart of Western Kentucky, trying to get his head on straight, relaxation is the last thing he finds. Something is lurking out in the woods. Waiting amidst the shadows of the streets. Staring at him from across the bar. March 15: The Ides of March. But it also marks the Mamuralia, a more obscure Roman ritual ushering in the new year. In the Mamuralia of 2020, the dawn of Covid-19, John Michael rides the line between panic and magic as the strange, ancient land of rural Kentucky morphs into a hall of mirrors. Alone and afraid, John Michael spirals between burying his fear and succumbing to it, opening the door to otherworldly encounters and warping his sense of sanity. The Old Ones have returned, looming over the brittle designs of humankind once again. A new aeon is dawning. ABOUT THE BOOK: Mamuralia is Art Robin’s first work of fiction based on one of his many trips across the back roads of the Bluegrass State. Inspired by Kentucky’s curious paranormal heritage, Robin blends psychology, folklore, travel writing, and magic realism to capture the apocalypse that was the 2020 lockdown. From the remote Falls of Rough to the river city of Paducah, on to the sanctuary of Lake Barkley at Land Between the Lakes, take the trip that one reader described as “a blend of David Lynch and Flannery O’Connor.”