Books

Victoria: City of the Lost Souls

Ghost Stories from the Haunted Capital of the Pacific Coast

Behind the elegant streets and historic buildings of Victoria, another city quietly exists—one shaped by memory, tragedy, and the restless presence of those who never truly left.

In Victoria: City of the Lost Souls, Mike Wryder explores the shadowed side of one of Canada’s most beautiful cities through a collection of haunting tales inspired by local history, forgotten legends, and whispered encounters with the unexplained.

From the silent corridors of old institutions to dimly lit taverns, abandoned rooms, and quiet streets that seem to remember too much, each story reveals a different fragment of Victoria’s hidden past. Some spirits linger in sorrow, others in anger, and some simply refuse to fade.

Blending atmosphere, psychological unease, and touches of dark humor, Victoria: City of the Lost Souls invites readers to step into a world where history is never truly buried—and where the boundary between the living and the dead grows dangerously thin.

Delirium Mortis

Psychological Horror Thriller

In a quiet coastal town, beneath the calm routines of daily life, something darker has begun to move.

When a series of disturbing deaths begins to surface, investigators are drawn into a case that defies ordinary explanation. What first appears to be isolated incidents slowly reveals a far more disturbing pattern—one shaped by ritual, obsession, and a mind that views death not as violence, but as art.

As the investigation deepens, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur. Each new discovery exposes fragments of a carefully constructed psychological labyrinth, where control, manipulation, and fear are used with chilling precision.

In Delirium Mortis, Mike Wryder combines noir atmosphere, psychological tension, and unsettling imagery to explore the fragile boundaries between civilization and madness.

Dark, elegant, and deeply unsettling, Delirium Mortis invites readers into a world where reason slowly dissolves—and where the true horror lies not in death itself, but in the mind that orchestrates it.

Strange Games in the Dark

Strange Games in the Dark is a psychological crime thriller that explores the hidden world of manipulation, power, and digital exploitation lurking beneath the surface of modern society.

When Detective Eric Hayes begins investigating a series of disappearances connected to an encrypted online network, he quickly discovers that the victims were drawn into a carefully constructed system designed to trap vulnerable young women with promises of opportunity, money, and glamour. Behind anonymous platforms and shell companies operates a charismatic and calculating figure known only as Victor — a man who has perfected the art of control.

What initially appears to be a sophisticated criminal enterprise soon reveals itself to be something far darker. The victims are not held by chains, but by psychological pressure, isolation, and carefully engineered dependency.

As Hayes follows the trail deeper into the network, he realizes that the most dangerous weapon in Victor’s arsenal is not violence, but manipulation — and the terrifying ability to make his victims believe they entered the game willingly.

Strange Games in the Dark is a tense and unsettling psychological thriller that examines how easily trust can be weaponized and how the most dangerous predators often hide behind the illusion of opportunity.