Andrew K. Clark
Andrew K. Clark is an award winning writer from Asheville, NC where his people settled before The Revolutionary War. His poetry collection, Jesus in the Trailer was published by Main Street Rag Press and short-listed for the Able Muse Book Award. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow, was published by Cowboy Jamboree Press in September of 2024 and is a winner of the
Firebird Book Award. The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise, is forthcoming from Quill & Crow Publishing House in the fall of 2025. His work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, UCLA’s Out of Anonymity, Appalachian Review, Rappahannock Review, The Wrath Bearing Tree, and many other journals. He received his MFA from Converse College.
ALL ANDREW K. CLARK BOOKS
JESUS IN THE TRAILER
Above all else, the poetry in Jesus in the Trailer evokes a cogent sense of place. Whether addressing police violence on the cobblestone streets of Savannah, the loss of a loved one to dementia, or coming of age in a trailer park in Appalachia, these poems address matters of faith, death, love, lust, and beauty while not masking the pain of Southern history.
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Publisher: Main Street Rag Press
WHERE DARK THINGS GROW
In the midst of the Great Depression, fifteen-year-old Leo grapples with family turmoil and madness, while discovering an enchanted wulver from ancient folklore. Seeking revenge, Leo unleashes forces beyond his control, leading to a harrowing journey with his spitfire friend Lilyfax. As they search for Leo's missing father they become embroiled in a plot to traffick young women. Any hope of saving the girls requires confronting dark forces lurking in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. "Where Dark Things Grow" blends horror, folklore, and magical realism in a gripping 1930s bildungsroman.
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Publisher: Cowboy Jamboree Press
WHERE DARK THINGS RISE
Two generations after the events in Where Dark Things Grow, evil still lurks in the corners of Appalachia. As if being a teenager isn't hard enough in the 1980s, Mina struggles with family, friends, and school while harnessing secret powers that will change everything she knows.
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Release Date: September 17, 2025
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Publisher: Quill & Crow Publishing House
THE RUMOR MILL
Jesus in the Trailer is an intimate and sobering look at the South, at faith, at youth and aging. Clark’s poems are as tangible as red clay, with an appreciation for the rustic and a reverence for time. From start to finish, this is a truly captivating collection. You'll return to it again and again.
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ARIEL FELTON
NY TIMES CONTRIBUTOR
Jesus in the Trailer is a work of brutal splendor, in which single pages carry the weight of whole novels and redemption flickers in the blood and hay of childhood memories. Clark sounds the gothic rhythms of old-time religion and devil's blues, alternately exhorting and confessing, calling us to burn bright and sleep deep -- to hold close the ones we hold dear.
TAYLOR BROWN
AUTHOR OF REDNECKS
As haunting as all fireside stories should be. Where Dark Things Grow will make you sleep with the lights on.
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JASON MOTT
AUTHOR OF HELL OF A BOOK
Where Dark Things Grow is a chilling, poetic debut. With gorgeous language and gothic ghosts, Andrew K. Clark will break your heart on one page and make your skin crawl on the next.
IVY POCHODA
AUTHOR OF SING HER DOWN