Somewhere between Joanne Harris’s Chocolat and Anne Rice’s Witching Hour, A Dash of Demon tells the tale of a young woman abandoning her dreams to accept a fresh purpose in the sometimes whimsical, often terrifying small town of Achewillow.

Based on the lauded Achewillow fiction podcast, the perfect cozy horror of 2026 is here.

“I thoroughly enjoyed A Dash of Demon - it's funny, sharp and eerily mouthwatering . . ." ―Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

Miriam DuFour is at the end of her rope.

Kicked out of cooking school and living in her ex-boyfriend’s apartment, nothing in her life seems to be going right. That is until she inherits the estate of her dead great-grandaunt: a little café in the forgotten town of Achewillow.

Intent on selling the business and using the money to make a fresh start, Miriam visits Achewillow and discovers that the village sits firmly on the border between Vermont and Quebec. But that isn’t remotely the strangest thing about the place. There’s a cloud worshipping cult, a widow with a ghost husband, immortal raccoons, and something killing young women in the alleys.