From the author who brought you a fresh dose of frightening original new tales ripped from the pages of horror legends like Night of the Living Dead, Fright Night, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night / Deadly Night, and the modern cult classic Willy’s Wonderland, S.A. Check and publisher American Mythology serves up a new nightmare with his latest novel - Shanty Red. Terror has never tasted so good.
There’s something growing under the town of Paw Paw, WV. Something patient. Something evil. Something hungry. Once a booming mining town tucked into the quiet back hills of Northern West Virginia, the town of Paw Paw is a shell of its former self. The only thing it produces now in any quantity is depression. So, when violent murders mysteriously are on the rise in the small hilly hamlet, friends, family, and neighbors quickly turn into suspects.
Enter Hardlee Owens, a young boy whose family was torn apart by COVID, and is forced to relocate to Paw Paw with his extended family for the summer. It doesn’t take long for Hardlee and his cousin, JayBird, to befriend the Sheriff’s young daughter. The trio set out to explore the town’s many mysteries, including the seductive Lady Whispers, and the enigmatic Mr. Scratch, an outsider who may hold the secret of the madness taking over their town or be the cause of it. A secret kept hidden for over a century, buried deep inside the tunnel just outside of town, and darker than the mines stretching for miles below them. You’ll want to keep that lantern burning for this one.
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From the author who brought you a fresh dose of frightening original new tales ripped from the pages of horror legends like Night of the Living Dead, Fright Night, My Bloody Valentine, Silent Night / Deadly Night, and the modern cult classic Willy’s Wonderland, S.A. Check and publisher American Mythology serves up a new nightmare with his latest novel - Shanty Red. Terror has never tasted so good.
There’s something growing under the town of Paw Paw, WV. Something patient. Something evil. Something hungry. Once a booming mining town tucked into the quiet back hills of Northern West Virginia, the town of Paw Paw is a shell of its former self. The only thing it produces now in any quantity is depression. So, when violent murders mysteriously are on the rise in the small hilly hamlet, friends, family, and neighbors quickly turn into suspects.
Enter Hardlee Owens, a young boy whose family was torn apart by COVID, and is forced to relocate to Paw Paw with his extended family for the summer. It doesn’t take long for Hardlee and his cousin, JayBird, to befriend the Sheriff’s young daughter. The trio set out to explore the town’s many mysteries, including the seductive Lady Whispers, and the enigmatic Mr. Scratch, an outsider who may hold the secret of the madness taking over their town or be the cause of it. A secret kept hidden for over a century, buried deep inside the tunnel just outside of town, and darker than the mines stretching for miles below them. You’ll want to keep that lantern burning for this one.