Rounak Raj asked Jonathan Janz:

Who is Arthur Vaughn? I checked Google and found no mention of a cannibalistic serial killer with that name? Is he a fictional serial killer like Will Padget? If so, then is he going to appear in the Sorrows Series? And will we see more books of Sorrows Series?

Jonathan Janz That's a great question! I'm pretty sure he's fictional. If I'm remembering correctly, for that character I think I researched old serial killer stories, but I think the name might have come from one of my favorite short stories, Arthur Machen's "The Great God Pan." The evil woman in that story is named Helen Vaughan, so I might have combined the author's first name with that since that story had a profound impact on The Sorrows and many other books I've written.

Thank you for the question, Rounak!

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