Welcome to Black Hat Magick Detective Agency

Black Hat Magick is a series of occult noir detective fiction webserial novels written by Kyt Dotson. The stories follow the exploits and adventures of college student, computer geek, and occult detective Elaine Hadaly Mercer. She begins her career as an undergrad at Arizona State University majoring in Computer Science and Engineering; but comes from a long blood line of dabblers in the arcane arts with a strong bent for the scientific—hitherto that strange alchemy of genius courses through her veins and neurons.

Book 1: Dread Vote

The first book of the series, Dread Vote follows a major case of Elaine’s during student government election season as she tries to unravel the inexplicable winning streak of one Emily Early, contender for Student Government President. As the plot begins to fray like a Gordean Knot, deeper and more tightly woven strands begin to reveal themselves in a tangled web of intrigue and unexpected secrets.

Comic Strip: Do AIs Dream

A mini webcomic about Elaine’s sentient AI friend: Hadaly and her emergence into the world.

Black Hat Magick updates bi-weekly unless otherwise noted.