About
Amanda Casile is a writer and speech pathologist living in suburbia with her partner, two (nice) kids and one (naughty) cat. When not writing or teaching kids to talk, she can usually be found listening to Kpop, training for half marathons, or wandering the woods looking for ghosts. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies from Quill and Crow, Eerie River Press, Bag of Bones Press, and Flame Tree Publishing, and her debut novel, Broken Trail, released December 2025 from CamCat Books. She has an upcoming Arctic Horror novel set for release in October 2027 from Blackstone Publishing.
Featured Work
Broken Trail
Criminal psychologist Clara’s divorce has shattered her family, so she retreats into her work. But, instead of finding comfort there, Clara develops a growing obsession with one patient, a young woman accused of murdering her boyfriend on a remote hiking trail. Desperate to discover what happened and to mend the bonds between her and her estranged daughters, Clara makes an ill-fated decision: to hike that very same trail, with her family in tow. Once they hit the trail, however, violent visions plague her dreams, and when a close encounter with a mysterious presence splits them up, what began as a family bonding trip becomes a battle for survival. Clara must confront her own demons and the thing that prowls the forest to get her family out alive.
