Aslak Ingström

Author of Suspense, Darkness and Atmosphere

Welcome to my world

I write about what lies beneath the surface – dark secrets, psychological horror and modern noir crime fiction. There is a fine line between reality and perception. That is where my stories begin.

I am drawn not to loud answers, but to subtle shifts – hidden spaces within people, places that remember more than they reveal.

Those who enter my world are not looking for easy answers, but for stories that linger.

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About Aslak Ingström

Storyteller of dark tales and hidden truths Aslak Ingström writes about what lies hidden beneath the surface. His stories move between psychological suspense, dark crime and quiet abysses.

At their heart are characters poised on the boundary between memory and reality. Atmosphere is not merely a backdrop, but part of the inner movement of the story.

Ingström finds inspiration in historic places, forgotten stories and moments when perception begins to falter.

He does not see his fiction as escapism, but as an encounter – with shadows, with questions, and sometimes with oneself.

Works

Cecil – Aslak Ingström

“Cecil”

Novella · March/April 2026
A young woman spends the night with her partner at the infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles – a test of courage. But the building's dark past begins to awaken in unsettling ways. Somewhere between truth, madness and claustrophobic panic, a descent into horror begins – one that needs no demons to feel terrifyingly real.
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“Grenzen”

Short Story Collection · December 2025
A collection of eight atmospheric short stories about transitions, thresholds and quiet fractures. Between life and death, memory and the present, guilt and redemption, spaces begin to open that at first seem familiar – and slowly begin to change.
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Aslak Ingström
Author and artist pseudonym of Holger Pflugbeil

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Alfred-Ranft-Weg 27b
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Email: kontakt@aslakingstroem.de