Inside the Mind of Max Krentz Author · Storyteller · Founding Member of the D.M.C.
Meet the Author
The Man Behind Blair House
Max Krentz writes supernatural fiction with heart, mystery, and an unmistakable 1980s edge. He's the author of The Legend of Blair House: A Dungeon Movie Club Adventure — a thrilling coming-of-age novel packed with paranormal twists and nostalgic charm.
Based in Michigan, Max lives with his wife and young daughter just miles from where the strange events of Blair House first took root. His stories draw power from real-life friendships, local legends, and the kind of creepy small-town secrets that keep you up at night.
Max grew up creating stories with his childhood crew — the original Dungeon Movie Club. Those wild adventures and eerie neighborhood myths shaped his love for suspense and supernatural storytelling. Now he brings those memories to life through fiction, blending truth and terror with every turn of the page.
When he's not writing, Max is playing guitar, cooking up new recipes, or spending time with his family. He's passionate about storytelling that sparks wonder, scares just enough, and makes readers feel like they're right there alongside the characters.
Through Jayfeather Publishing, Max is building a home for stories that celebrate friendship, fear, and the thrill of the unknown. If you love ghost stories, retro adventures, and mystery-driven plots — you're in the right place.
The Origin Story
How Blair House Was Born
Every great ghost story starts somewhere real. For Max, it started with a crew of kids, a neighborhood full of secrets, and one house that nobody could quite explain. Growing up in Michigan, Max and his friends — the original Dungeon Movie Club — spent their summers doing what kids in the '80s did best: riding bikes, watching horror movies on VHS, and daring each other to get a little too close to the places that felt wrong.
Those friendships were the most real thing I had. I wanted to write a story where kids like us — ordinary kids with no special powers, just loyalty and guts — were the ones who had to save everything.
The town of Forton and the legend of Blair House grew from those memories — part real Michigan geography, part local myth, and part imagination running wild on a summer night. The Forton Witch isn't based on any single legend, but she carries the weight of every creepy story Max ever heard whispered around a campfire or in the back of a school bus.
The Dungeon Movie Club itself is a love letter to those childhood friendships. The kind where you knew exactly who to call when something went wrong, even if "something going wrong" turned out to be a centuries-old curse threatening the entire town.
What Makes Max Tick
The Things That Drive the Stories
Real Friendships
Every character in the Dungeon Movie Club is built from real memories. The loyalty, the arguments, the moments of unexpected courage — Max writes friendship the way it actually feels when you're twelve and the stakes feel impossibly high.
The Magic of the '80s
Before the internet, before everyone had a camera in their pocket, the world had more room for mystery. Max writes in that space — where a rumor could spread for years and nobody could just Google whether the old house on the hill was actually haunted.
Small-Town Secrets
Michigan's small towns are full of real history, real legend, and real places that feel like they're hiding something. Max grew up around that energy and channels it into every story — the feeling that something old and strange is just beneath the surface of ordinary life.
Humor in the Dark
The best supernatural stories make you laugh right before they scare you. Max learned that from a lifetime of watching the greatest horror-comedies ever made, and he brings that same balance to his writing — suspenseful and funny in equal measure.
Life Outside the Page
Max is a guitar player, a home cook, a husband, and a dad. He believes the best writers stay rooted in real life — that the warmth and messiness of everyday family makes the supernatural feel more real, not less.
A Universe Worth Returning To
Blair House is just the beginning. Max is building a world that readers can come back to — with more Dungeon Movie Club adventures, more Forton legends, and more of the characters who feel like old friends by the last page.
Begin the Adventure
Read the Legend of Blair House
252 pages of supernatural mystery, 1980s nostalgia, and heart-pounding adventure. The Forton Witch is real. She's back. And the Dungeon Movie Club is all that stands in her way.