Grendel Press joyously welcomes Leon Peter Blanda and his novel Old Soul! Blanda is a writer, comedian, musician, podcaster, occasional filmmaker, and full-time dad. Dog Years, his autobiographical, coming-of-age novelette, was published in 2024 by Story Unlikely; and High Moon, Leon’s debut novel was praised as a “John Carpenter film in prose.”
The multi-talented Blanda honed his stand-up chops at dive bar open mics in New Orleans and has featured for Bill Burr, Tom Segura, and the Sklar Brothers, and has appeared in the documentary Comedy Rising, and the award-winning series from the Mental Health Channel, “Cracking Up”. You can find Blanda on his website, leonblanda.com, and social media. On X, TikTok, and Instagram you can find him @LeonBlanda, and at facebook.com/leonblanda.
Old Soultakes readers to the swamps of Pearl Creek, Louisiana where retired exorcist Charles Leviticus takes on more than a routine job. But, after a darker truth is revealed through the crucifixion of a young boy and a biblical plague of snakes, Leviticus teams up with a determined sheriff, her secretive wife, and a mysterious girl to confront a rising tide of supernatural chaos, a cryptid tied to an ancient evil, and a looming apocalypse.
Grendel Press invites readers to read about these unlikely heroes in Old Soul!
