Wicked Ink Publishing is proud to welcome J. W. P. Lawrence to our group of fearless storytellers with his breathtaking debut novel, The Beasts of Kavanar. The first installment in the epic dark fantasy series Men, Monsters, and How to Kill Them. Set in a realm scarred by divine warfare and unraveling at the seams of reality, the novel follows Torig, a once-revered warrior living in quiet exile, untouched by time and haunted by the legacy of his father’s unholy experiments. When ancient monsters stir and old enemies resurface, Torig must confront the beasts of Kavanar, and the monstrous truth of what he’s become. Raised in the wilds of Ontario, Lawrence’s early years were shaped by woodland wanderings and fireside tales, later refined into a storytelling voice steeped in folklore, role-playing, and emotional grit. His writing, first introduced through the short story “The Deliverance” in Write Wrong or Otherwise 2025, combines the mythic scale of classic fantasy with the haunting weight of dark fiction. The Beasts of Kavanar is a harrowing journey into a broken world where survival is a curse, gods are dust, and not all heroes deserve redemption.