Welcome to the Family: Author Theodore Siren
Pink Crow Press keeps growing, and today we’re thrilled to welcome our newest author: Theodore Siren, whose debut novel, Jekyll; or, The Doctor’s Records, will be released on January 1, 2027 as the opening book in a literary gothic series.
Theodore joins a catalog that already includes Praise God for Pasties, our founder Pamela G. Holmes’ own debut novel, and our upcoming poetry anthology, Trinkets from the Murder (of Crows), releasing this December. We couldn’t be prouder of the voices building this press.
About the Book
What if every monster ever thought of was really one monster?
Mary Shelley wrote about a creature stitched together from the dead. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about a doctor who split himself in two. Oscar Wilde wrote about a man whose portrait aged while he did not. For over a century, these stories have lived separately — taught in classrooms, adapted on stages and screens, treated as distinct parables about science, repression, and vanity.
Jekyll; or, The Doctor’s Records asks: what if they were never separate at all?
This literary gothic novel reimagines Shelley’s Frankenstein as the origin point of a much larger story — one that threads through the classics of nineteenth-century horror and the lives of the authors who wrote them. The monsters of the gothic canon are not allegories here. They are memories. And they belong to one voice: a man who has survived for over two hundred years under names the reader already knows, writing a confession no one asked for and no one may believe.
At its heart, this is a novel about duality, identity, and the cost of repression. It asks whether atonement is possible when the sins span centuries — and whether the stories we tell about monsters have always been a way of avoiding the truth about ourselves.
Jekyll; or, The Doctor’s Records is the first book in a series. The world it opens is far larger than any single classic, and the story it begins does not end here.
For readers who loved the dark literary atmosphere of “Mexican Gothic,” the moral complexity of “The Secret History,” the uncanny interiority of “Piranesi,” and the gothic menace of “Plain Bad Heroines.”
About Theodore Siren
Theodore Siren is a Navy veteran, author, and educator based in Northwest Florida. He holds an M.A. in English and a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of West Florida, where he has taught literature, creative writing, and composition as an adjunct professor.
His academic research centers on the intersection of storytelling and healing — particularly the role of creative writing in processing trauma — a focus shaped by his own military service and his work founding the Creative Coping Workshop, a creative writing program for veterans through UWF’s Military and Veterans Resource Center.
His published work includes short fiction, articles on the therapeutic power of narrative, and a thesis exploring writing-as-healing for veterans. His background also includes technical theatre training and experience as an actor — skills that inform his approach to a performance podcast edition of his debut novel currently in development.
What’s Next
Jekyll; or, The Doctor’s Records releases January 1, 2027. Cover art, pre-order details, and excerpts are on the way — follow Pink Crow Press on Facebook and Instagram (@pinkcrowpress) and become a part of Theodore’s fan base by following him on Facebook, Instagram, and Substack (@theodoresiren) so you don’t miss a single update.
Welcome to the murder of crows, Theodore. We can’t wait for readers to meet your monster.
