Children of the Wrong Heaven - A Novel

In this eerie and emotionally charged horror novel—equal parts Rosemary's Baby and Close Encounters of the Third Kind— a woman raising twins in a town obsessed with UFO folklore finds herself caught between mounting paranoia and the frightening possibility that one of her children may not be human. After becoming pregnant, Holly Huegel leaves college behind and moves back in with her grandparents, who reside in a small Michigan coastal town known for UFO sightings. Every summer, tourists flood the shoreline hoping to glimpse strange lights over the water. But beneath the kitschy alien souvenirs and ephemera, something far more troubling is taking root. For years, the women of the town have been giving birth to an unusual number of twins and even triplets. Rumors spread quietly through diner booths and church basements—that the mothers were taken, experimented on, implanted. That some of the children are not entirely human. Holly grapples with local folklore firsthand, plagued with visions of an abduction and ultimately giving birth to twins herself. The town grows increasingly suspicious of its “alienated” children—kids who struggle to connect, obey, or even seem fully present—and Holly soon finds herself isolated alongside the very thing everyone else fears. As paranoia spreads and neighbors turn against one another while a looming cosmic event threatens the town from above, Holly must decide what kind of mother she is willing to become—and whether love can survive the terror of the unknowable. Haunting, atmospheric, and deeply human, this gripping sci-fi horror novel blends cosmic dread with a piercing portrait of motherhood, otherness, and the terrifying possibility that the children we fear most are the ones who most need protecting. Discover the unsettling truth for yourself.