If you crave gothic horror where the past bleeds into the present and every room hides a whisper, then Dollmaker’s Heir is the perfect place to begin your descent. Written by Stephanie Tyo (Cornwall, Ontario), this series weaves together creeping dread, ancestral trauma, and chilling supernatural threads. 

Book 1: Dollmaker’s Heir

When Corinne inherits her estranged grandmother’s crumbling Victorian house, she also inherits something else: a doll. Unblinking. Unmoving. Dressed in lace that matches the casket lining. And wearing her face.

Inside the walls of the house, silence doesn’t mean peace—it means listening. The attic is sealed in blood-red wax. The family ledger doesn’t record births, but bindings. And every room remembers something Corinne has tried to forget.

Her grandmother was the last Dollmaker. Corinne is next in line.

But the dolls aren’t just heirlooms. They are vessels. Each one holds a soul, a sorrow, a name that was never allowed to fade. And one—just one—is still unfinished. It wears her clothes. Knows her memories. And smiles when she isn’t looking.

As Corinne unravels the truth stitched into generations of women before her, she must confront the horror of what it means to be remembered instead of born. The thread is already in her. And once the last stitch is made… there’s no coming back.

A gothic horror that lingers like dust in your lungs.

➡️ Get it on Amazon: https://mybook.to/DollmakerHeir

Book 2: The Room With No Name

Some rooms don’t forget your name. They wait for you to forget it first. Some rooms don’t forget. Some dolls don’t stay burned. And some names should never be remembered.

Corinne thought she left the horrors behind when she escaped the burning house. But memory doesn’t die—it braids itself deeper. In her new apartment, she finds a hidden door sealed beneath layers of paint… and behind it, a room that knows her name.

As thread seeps into her teeth and dolls reassemble with the faces of the dead, Corinne uncovers a terrifying truth: she was never meant to survive the legacy—only carry it. Now, the thirteenth braid tightens, and the stitched voices call her home.

A haunting gothic horror—a chilling descent into stitched memory, inherited madness, and the blood-bound thread of identity that refuses to break.

➡️ Get it on Amazon: https://mybook.to/TheRoomWithNoName

Book 3: Hollow Inheritance

Some stories are remembered. Others are sewn beneath your skin. A haunted house. A cursed bloodline. And a girl who was never supposed to remember.

In Hollow Inheritance—Book Three of the chilling Vessel horror series—a legacy of dolls, mirrors, and braided memory tightens its grip on the living.

Corinne thought she escaped. Thought fire could end what generations of women before her were forced to carry. But the past doesn’t burn—it braids itself deeper. Beneath the floorboards, a girl whispers. In the attic, paper vessels wait. And in the orchard, a new kind of root begins to grow.

Tommy, a quiet boy with haunted dreams, begins drawing things he’s never seen—rooms that don’t exist, faces he’s never met, and dolls that open their eyes in the dark. Something is using him. Sketching through him. And it remembers Corinne.

As threadlings stir, the spindle spins again. But this time, someone refuses to be woven.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Haunted houses with a mind of their own
• Creepy dolls and ancestral curses
• Gothic horror with poetic, unsettling prose
• Stories about inherited trauma and supernatural memory

➡️ Get it on Amazon: https://mybook.to/HollowInheritance

Why You Should Read the Vessel Series

• Atmosphere: Stephanie Tyo crafts setting like furniture—rooms that breathe, dolls that whisper, and legacies that choke.
• Themes of inheritance & identity: When your lineage is stained, what do you carry—and what must you shed?
• Horror rooted in memory: It’s not just what happens, it’s what remembers you.
• Strong voice in gothic horror: For fans of dark, psychological, beautifully written horror.

Ready to Begin?

Choose your portal into the darkness:

• Start with Dollmaker’s Heir → https://mybook.to/DollmakerHeir
• Continue to The Room With No Name → https://mybook.to/HollowInheritance
• Finish with Hollow Inheritance → https://mybook.to/HollowInheritance

Once you enter the world of the Vessel series, you’ll never be sure whether you’re reading the legacy—or becoming it.

Happy reading—and beware the rooms that listen.

 —Stephanie Tyo