Lance Marwood

At V13 Promotions, we're a music promotion agency hellbent on helping the independent music revolution. Founded by industry vets Lance Marwood and Chris Gonda, our mission is simple: to empower indie musicians to rise above the noise and achieve professional greatness without compromise.

Mar 23, 2026

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8 min read

Haunted Smoke

Lowkey Hellish is V13 Press’s weekly newsletter at the intersection of culture, literature, and meaning making. This week’s Lowkey Hellish features a short story .

Lance Marwood

Mar 16, 2026

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7 min read

The Threshold Doctrine

Lowkey Hellish is V13 Press’s weekly newsletter at the intersection of culture, literature, and meaning making. This week’s Lowkey Hellish is all about vampires, Terms of Service, and the ancient conviction that the most dangerous things in the world can't get in without your permission.

Lance Marwood

Mar 9, 2026

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7 min read

Just Stick The Landing

Lowkey Hellish is V13 Press’s weekly newsletter at the intersection of culture, literature, and meaning making. This week’s Lowkey Hellish lead story is a little different: instead of me taking the first swing, I’m opening the edition by spotlighting someone else’s work. Going forward, you’ll see more guest voices featured here: more outside minds, more distinct textures, more room for stories and essays that hit the Lowkey Hellish nerve from angles I can’t (and shouldn’t) try to replicate.

Lance Marwood

Mar 2, 2026

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8 min read

Can't Scream In Fear

Lowkey Hellish is V13 Press’s weekly newsletter at the intersection of culture, literature, and meaning making. This week's lead story follows the body's oldest betrayal: why your voice disappears at the exact moment you need it most, and what that silence has been trying to tell you.

Lance Marwood

Feb 23, 2026

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8 min read

The Face in the Void

Lowkey Hellish is V13 Press’s weekly newsletter at the intersection of culture, literature, and meaning making. This week’s lead story follows the brain’s oldest paranoia glitch: why we keep seeing faces in the dark, and why it still scares us.

Lance Marwood

Feb 17, 2026

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7 min read

Following the Wrong Footprints

This week: a monster every culture seems to recognize. Backward feet. Wrong tracks. The kind of warning you notice too late. Today’s feature is Following the Wrong Footprints: When Every Culture Dreams the Same Monster, and what it reveals about the oldest fear: realizing you’ve been reading reality wrong.

Lance Marwood

Feb 9, 2026

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7 min read

...this is Lowkey Hellish

Welcome to the first edition of Lowkey Hellish, brought to you by V13 Press, and written by me, Lance Marwood. I've been quietly writing in the margins while exploring the darkest parts of our world's underbelly for years. And now, along with the undeniable talent of our hive of writers, this newsletter features literature, reflections on culture, and the crosscurrents of myth and modern life.

Lance Marwood