The House of Noćević

The Hollow Waltz: Book 5

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Genres

Gothic Mystery, Scary Mystery, Supernatural Horror, Paranormal Mystery, Gothic Horror, Historical, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Suicide and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

The Hollow Waltz — Book 5

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Publication Date

Jun 21, 2026

Page Length

91 pages

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The House of Noćević

The Hollow Waltz: Book 5

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Blurb

A grief-stricken lord. A decaying manor house. A love returned from the grave.

Some loves can never die.

Within the decaying halls of House Noćević, Lord Konstantin keeps vigil for a wife long buried, his nights haunted by echoes that speak in her voice and shadows that take her shape. The ancient estate has begun to warp beneath the weight of his ruinous devotion: corridors twisting, mirrors lying, the very air suffused with his grief.

The manor is no longer safe. Most of the lord’s servants have either fled or perished. The grounds have grown wild. And in the night, the dark leans close and whispers her name:

Anneliese.

An enigmatic physician arrives at the old house to excise the otherworldly affliction which has taken root there, only to find that the unravelling lord no longer seeks salvation.

It should come as no surprise that the past does not lie still. What was wrought in desperation cannot be undone. Nor can it be forgiven.

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Genres

Gothic Mystery, Scary Mystery, Supernatural Horror, Paranormal Mystery, Gothic Horror, Historical, and Novellas

Trigger Warnings

Suicide and Violence

Type of Ending

Series

The Hollow Waltz — Book 5

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

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Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Jun 21, 2026

Page Length

91 pages

Available Formats

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Author

Gaelan Donovan Wort penned his first novel, The Nature of Predation, at the age of seventeen, driven by a restless passion for storytelling that has since deepened into a lifelong craft. Since that early beginning, he has followed the shadows that gather between myth and memory, reverie and ruin—threads that continue to weave throughout his stories. His fiction drifts between genres—gothic horror, mythic tragedy, psychological thriller, speculative drama, and satirical science fiction—but is always drawn to the liminal, the haunted, and the human. Whether eerie or elegiac, his stories linger where the rational frays—and the unknowable begins.