Aaron Mesch

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Aaron Mesch served with the Canadian Armed Forces in a mechanized infantry battalion strike group and has vast knowledge on weapons, vehicles, and military tactics. In 2006, he founded Messassano Productions, a prestigious multi-media production studio. He is a proud member of the Saskatchewan Writer's Guild. In 2025, he launched Messassano Innovative Solutions, a strategic facilities planning platform. He is also the author of many books including The Deafening Silence, Tales Of The Ivory Beast, Thunder Creek Road, Pearl Creek, and The Hammerville Horrors.

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Nimbus

When an ancient witch unleashes a toxic fog, a metal singer's inner monster awakens.

Fantasy
Horror
Paranormal

Hammerville, 1997. Heavy metal vocalist Aaron Michael is haunted by violent blackouts and horrific nightmares, unaware that a centuries-old lycanthropic curse surges in his blood. After four hundred years, ancient witch Abagail Wolff resurfaces to destroy the wolf beast that slaughtered her coven. To execute her vengeance, she summons the Nimbus: a sentient, venomous green mist designed to consume her enemy alive. When Abagail unleashes the atmospheric nightmare upon a crowded underground concert, Aaron makes a desperate choice. He inhales the toxic vapors to save his fans. But instead of corroding his body, the malevolent fog fuses with his dormant werewolf beast, granting him unprecedented control over cosmic mist magic and suppressing his primal rage. Now, alongside a tenacious music journalist, a protective bandmate, and a secret-keeping archivist, Aaron must master his volatile new power. As toxic constructs overrun the city, he must face the witch in a final showdown before a blood moon sacrifice seals Hammerville's doom forever.

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Home Sweet Hell

A romantic night turns into a three-day siege when something inhuman comes knocking.

Science Fiction
Horror
Thriller

A cozy evening in a third-floor condo. Wine, candlelight, and quiet. Then the screaming begins. Within minutes, power grids collapse, alien drop pods rain down over the suburb of Hammerville, and the sky falls apart. Before Aaron and Sapphire can process the nightmarish reality unfolding outside, a seven-foot-tall chitinous monster crashes through their balcony glass, driving them into a desperate retreat. Trapped in their rear bedroom for three excruciating days, they endure a psychological and physical siege. With minimal water, no power, and a relentless predatory force hunting just beyond a wooden door, survival becomes a game of inches. Through a handheld ham radio, they connect with a neighbor offering a desperate lifeline, but as the hallway turns into a violent slaughterhouse, waiting is no longer an option. Armed only with makeshift pikes dismantled from their steel bedframe and sheer survival instinct, Aaron and Sapphire must fight their way through the ruined condo to reach their vehicle below. Home Sweet Hell is a visceral, claustrophobic invasion thriller that proves when humanity's reign ends, survival begins at home.

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The Witching Hour

When 1980s heavy metal collides with ancient witchcraft, midnight brings pure, unleashed terror

Horror
Thriller
Paranormal

Hammerville, Saskatchewan, 1988. Teenage rock band Ivory Beast thought they had survived their worst nightmare after defeating a monstrous creature over the summer. Ready to move on, they are gearing up for the ultimate high school Halloween concert. But beneath the frost-bitten prairie town, a far older horror has awakened. An ancient blood sacrifice has revived Abagail Wolff, a vengeful witch entombed beneath the earth since 1594. As unexplained disappearances rock the isolated community, the band uncovers a sinister network of secret tunnels connecting the town's local scrap yard directly to the school gymnasium. When the doors are locked for the Halloween Bash, hundreds of students are trapped inside with shadow shifters slithering through the vents. To save their town and their own lives, the boys must plunge back into the subterranean darkness before the final stroke of midnight. Packed with 1980s nostalgia, heart-pounding action, and dark supernatural horror, Aaron Mesch delivers a visceral survival thriller where the music isn't the only thing that bites.

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The After Hours Club

In 1985 Hammerville, an immortal outcast finds redemption in the shadow of mortal tragedy.

Paranormal
Horror
Romance

Hammerville, 1985. Neon lights bleed into damp neon alleys, but for Orban "Org" Gilewicz, the darkness offers no sanctuary. An ancient vampire burdened by four centuries of existence, Org harbors a harrowing secret: he is a carrier of the devastating AIDS virus. Driven by overwhelming guilt over the mortal lives he has unwittingly destroyed, he forsakes his aristocratic bloodline to scavenge sewer rats in the shadows. His bleak exile is shattered when he meets Lillian Garrick, a sharp-witted street artist living with the same fatal diagnosis. Unafraid of Org’s terrifying nature, Lillian offers him something he hasn't felt in centuries: genuine human connection. As their fragile world deepens, Org’s former coven marks him as a liability that must be exterminated, sparking a violent war across the city’s underground scene. Flanked by unlikely allies, Org must protect Lillian as her health declines. But as the final twilight approaches, he faces a choice that transcends his immortal hunger. Aaron Mesch delivers a haunting, heart-wrenching dark romance about love, mortality, and the ultimate price of grace.

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Tales Of The Ivory Beast

Fame, drugs, and heavy metal meet an ancient curse of blood, bone, and pure evil

Thriller
Paranormal
Horror

In 1996, Ivory Beast is the biggest heavy metal band on the planet. But behind the pyrotechnics and screaming fans, lead singer Aaron Michael is losing his mind. Fueled by cocaine and rockstar excess, he is haunted by the image of a wolf-headed monster staring back at him from the dressing room mirror. Even worse, a trail of gruesome murders follows the tour from city to city, leaving a wake of carnage that manager George Wolff can barely cover up. As the 'Running Wild' tour heads toward a final, explosive show in Hammerville, the band’s dark history begins to surface. What started in 1989 as a quest for fame was actually the fulfillment of an ancient blood pact. Centuries ago, a witch named Abagail Wolff summoned the beast Fenris and a legion of undead Iron Men to avenge her fallen coven. Now, that curse has reached its boiling point. When the lights go down and the music starts, the arena becomes a slaughterhouse. As undead soldiers storm the crowd, Aaron and guitarist Jason Leonard must confront the terrifying truth: they aren't just playing monsters on stage—they are becoming them. Tales Of The Ivory Beast is a high-octane journey into the heart of a supernatural war where the encore might be the end of the world.

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Voodoo Lady

Sex, drugs, and heavy metal meet an ancient curse that refuses to stay dead.

Horror
Thriller

The ultimate party is about to become a symphony of screams. Ivory Beast is at the top of their game. To record their latest album, Witch Hunt, the heavy metal legends have retreated to The Bunker, a sprawling bungalow on the edge of Hammerville. The plan is simple: three nights of pure rock n' roll excess for two hundred of their most devoted fans. But as a violent thunderstorm traps everyone inside, the celebration takes a gruesome turn. Deep beneath the wine cellar, a hidden sub-basement is accidentally breached, unearthing a century-old tomb of bones. The music and the blood of the revelers have awakened Melissa Cole—the Voodoo Lady—a terrifying lich with an army of the reanimated at her command. As the dead begin to rise through the floorboards, frontman Aaron Michael and a ragtag group of survivors must transform from rockstars into warriors. With betrayal brewing within the band and a legion of zombies closing in, the guests are no longer watching a performance—they’re fighting for their lives. The stage is set for a high-octane battle where the only way to survive the night is to silence the Voodoo Lady forever.

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The Humbugger

A holiday horror where the naughty list is written in your family's blood

Thriller
Paranormal
Horror

Some traditions are better left dead. For ten years, Samantha Rose believed the nightmare was over. Her father, Arthur Wagner, claimed he had destroyed the Humbugger—a sixteen-inch mahogany Santa Claus statue that had terrorized their family for generations. But as Samantha returns to the snow-choked town of Hammerville to settle her father's estate, she discovers that evil doesn't die; it only waits. The Humbugger has returned, and it isn't coming for cookies. Armed with a razor-tipped whip and a centuries-old grudge, the wooden effigy is hellbent on erasing the Wagner bloodline once and for all. But the doll is only the beginning. A local coven, led by a ruthless socialite, is using the Humbugger as a vessel to bridge the gap between worlds. Their goal? To resurrect Fenris, the Ivory Beast—a monstrous werewolf familiar bound to a witch from 1594. Trapped in a supernatural blizzard, Samantha must team up with her estranged father and a skeptical local cop to survive the night. In a brutal showdown against a tiny killer and a towering beast of fur and silver, Samantha will learn that some family legacies are a death sentence. This holiday season, nobody is safe from the whip.

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Once Bitten; Twice Shy

Growing up in the eighties was killer—surviving the local legend is even harder.

Mystery
Thriller
Horror

Hammerville, 1987. For fifteen-year-old Aaron Michael and his crew, life is a blur of Big Gulps, heavy metal cassettes, and endless games of street hockey. But the neon-soaked summer nights take a chilling turn when his friend Mike claims he was chased by a wolf through the suburban shadows. While the adults dismiss the story as a prank, a suffocating, unnatural fog begins to swallow the streets of Churchill Downs. What starts as a neighborhood rumor becomes a terrifying reality when the boys find themselves stalked by a predatory monstrosity that defies logic. This isn't just a stray animal; it’s an ancient curse with a high IQ and a taste for local blood. With the police skeptical and the body count rising, Aaron and his band, Ivory Beast, must trade their guitars for makeshift weapons. Guided by a priest with a dark past and the survival tips found in their favorite monster comics, the group must transform from kids into tactical hunters. In the ultimate game of cat and mouse through the foggy cul-de-sacs, they quickly learn the hard way: once you’ve been bitten by the fear, you’ll be twice as shy to step into the dark.

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Pearl Creek

When the earth bleeds oil, the ancient shadows of Killaly rise to take their revenge.

Thriller
Paranormal
Horror

Some secrets are buried deep for a reason. Austin Mesch arrived in Killaly, Saskatchewan, expecting a quiet family holiday and a chance to research a forgotten 1910 train disaster. He didn't expect the clocks to stop at midnight. He didn't expect the impenetrable fog that swallows the town whole. And he certainly didn't expect the oil boom to awaken a hunger that has waited a century to be fed. As the drilling rigs pierce the earth, they disturb more than just soil. An ancient, vengeful force—the Scion of the Coulee—is rising, weaving together rotting timber, rusted iron, and the restless spirits of a hundred lost souls. These are the Wood-Kin, and they are coming for the town that forgot them. With his family in the crosshairs and the local shaman warning of a total ecological reckoning, Austin must confront a terrifying truth: the past isn't just history; it’s a living monster. To survive the night, he must uncover the original burial maps and face the physical manifestation of a century of sins. In Killaly, the oil isn't the only thing being pumped to the surface. The reckoning has arrived, and it's made of wood, wire, and wrath.

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Tainted Blood

In the shadow of the law, the line between justice and murder is written in blood.

Thriller
Horror
Crime Fiction

To destroy a monster, Agent Frank Miller must become one. Deep undercover as 'Mike Stone,' Frank has successfully infiltrated the Bourassa crime family in Moose Jaw. He is the right-hand man to Thomas Bourassa, a narcissistic predator dealing in drugs, heavy weaponry, and human misery. To the Russian mafia and local biker gangs, Stone is a rising star. To Frank, every day is a descent into a moral abyss. The mission changes when Frank witnesses the horrific abuse of Thomas's eighteen-year-old daughter, Jade. Beaten and bartered by her own father, Jade is a prisoner in a house of horrors. When she discovers Frank’s true identity, she doesn’t blow his cover—she offers him a deadly bargain: help her kill her father, or die with him. Caught between his oath to the RCMP and his desperate need to save an innocent girl, Frank is running out of time. Thomas suspects a rat, the Russians are closing in, and the belt is coming out again. In a world where blood is tainted by betrayal, Frank must decide if he is willing to lose his soul to save a life. Tainted Blood is a visceral, high-stakes thriller that explores the darkest corners of the human heart.

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The Hammerville Horrors

In a city run by monsters, the real beast is finally coming for them.

Thriller
Paranormal
Horror

Hammerville, Saskatchewan, is a city built on secrets, sin, and the iron-fisted rule of Mayor Terrance Hammer and Sheriff 'T-Bone' Splinter. By day, they control the streets; by night, they record 'The After Hours Club,' a twisted podcast where they laugh about their crimes and the 'assets' they’ve dumped in the local swamp. Their corrupt empire feels untouchable—until the girls in their lucrative prostitution ring start turning up in pieces. Madame Sass is desperate as her workers are slaughtered, and the only honest cop left, Detective Adam Thorne, senses something far more primal than a standard serial killer is stalking the shadows. A researcher named Samantha Vance went missing two years ago, and now something has returned from the wetlands with fur, fangs, and a thirst for vengeance that no bribe can satisfy. As the moon rises over Hammerville, the human predators who thought they were at the top of the food chain are about to realize they are nothing but prey. It’s a brutal showdown between organized evil and supernatural fury, where the bloodiest beast of all will claim the final word. In this urban hellscape, the swamp is finally giving back what the mayor took.

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Terror At Cedar Cove

In the deep woods of Saskatchewan, the ultimate predator is reclaiming its territory.

Thriller
Paranormal
Horror

Deep in the northern wilderness of Saskatchewan, Cedar Cove offers the ultimate escape. For Aaron Michael and his friends, it was supposed to be a final summer blowout—a week of heavy drinking, loud music, and roughing it in the wild. But the ancient forest is not as empty as they think. It starts with subtle warnings: perfectly stacked rock cairns appearing overnight and tattered cloth swaying from high branches. Then come the knocks—heavy, rhythmic thuds against the trees that vibrate through the earth. What the group dismisses as drunken pranks or animal curiosity is actually something far more calculated. They have trespassed into the domain of a highly intelligent family of Sasquatch, and the Patriarch of the clan is no longer content to watch from the shadows. As the beer runs low and the campfire fades, the group is plunged into a primal nightmare. Targeted by vocal mimicry and psychological warfare, the friends find their sanity fracturing before the first blood is even spilled. In this remote landscape, the rules of civilization are gone. To survive the night, Aaron must shed his ego and find the primal hunter within, or become another forgotten trophy in the deep woods. The vacation is over. The hunt has begun.

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The Enchantress

A sixteenth-century queen and a cosmic castaway collide in a neon-soaked 1990s survival thriller

Fantasy
Thriller
Science Fiction

From a royal picnic in 1594 to the gritty, neon-drenched streets of 1994 Los Angeles, Queen Katana’s world has shattered in a heartbeat. When a mysterious golden necklace with a pulsing red gem rips open a hole in time, Katana is thrust five centuries forward, landing naked and defenseless in a world of steel towers and horseless carriages. She is far from the throne of Germany, and she isn’t alone. Hunted by ECLIPSE, a shadowy agency obsessed with the gem’s power, Katana finds an unlikely ally in Zort, a small indigo-skinned alien who knows exactly what it’s like to be an outsider in a hostile world. As Katana struggles to navigate the technological chaos of the twentieth century, the man she left behind—Milton von Hammerstein—is descending into dark occultism to bring her back, inadvertently tearing the fabric of reality even further. With the help of a jaded LAPD detective and a homeless physicist, Katana must master the power of the red gem before a corporate-cultist alliance weaponizes the rift. Time is running out, and the boundaries between centuries are dissolving. To save her future and her past, Katana may have to sacrifice everything she’s come to love in this strange new world.

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Thunder Creek Road

A high-octane race against predatory intelligence where the road ends in blood

Mystery
Thriller
Horror

The shortcut was supposed to save lives. Now, it’s a slaughterhouse. Veteran trucker Brady ‘Hammer’ Stone has one job: deliver a time-sensitive shipment of pediatric vaccines through the rugged peaks of British Columbia. With lives on the line and a bonus in his sights, he takes a private mountain pass to beat the clock. But Thunder Creek Road isn’t just a detour—it’s a trap. A barricade of mangled steel and abandoned cars blocks his exit, and the asphalt is scarred by something with unnatural strength. As the sun dips below the horizon, Hammer realizes he isn’t alone. A group of terrified survivors reveals the horrifying truth: the woods are home to pale, intelligent predators that don't just hunt—they sabotage. They’ve cut the lines, disabled the engines, and are waiting for the fuel to run out. Trapped inside his heavy rig, Hammer must turn eighteen wheels of cold steel into a mobile fortress. But these monsters use mimicry and psychological warfare to lure their prey into the dark. If the truck stops, the vaccines spoil. If the barricade holds, they’re all dead meat. On Thunder Creek Road, the most dangerous thing isn't the breakdown—it's what's waiting for you to step outside.

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