Eight miles of mystery. One night of terror. Residents trapped in a remote neighborhood confront the unimaginable in this horror novel from award-winning author Debra Castaneda.The salt marsh at Devil’s Landing is home to a terrifying urban legend.Adam Gray knows the old stories about the Slough Devil, the missing children, and the mutilated animals. But the naturalist and wilderness survival expert doesn’t believe in monsters. Not even when a tourist on his boat sees a strange creature in the tidal channel and captures it on video.When Adam moves into a controversial housing development next to the marsh, shocking new evidence emerges, and it’s not long before he’s confronted with a series of horrifying and unexplained events.It takes Christina, his feisty new neighbor, to get him to believe something lurks in the slough. Something disturbed by the new community.When a massive storm maroons the residents, Adam and Christina find themselves trapped and tested in a fight for their lives.The Devil's Shallows is part of Debra Castaneda's Dark Earth Rising series of standalone novels. Read the books in any order.Content warning: Sexual assault

"Tom Deady is a true storyteller, and I can offer no higher words of praise." - Richard Chizmar, best-selling author of Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) and Chasing the Boogeyman.Fifteen stories spanning the full spectrum of the genre. Horror, dread, and heartbreak await in Tales From Circadia, the first fiction collection from Bram Stoker Award winning author Tom Deady.• A writer searching for inspiration in his self-made dream world finds that ideas aren’t all that he can bring back from Circadia.• A man working at a construction site realizes a mysterious sinkhole contains more than darkness.• A psychiatrist explores the mind of a revival preacher recovering from a tragic fire and they both come face-to-face with The Red Man.• An old man gets more than he bargained for when his grandson pulls a very special prize from a box of candy.• A hired assassin waits for his prey, never expecting the aftermath of his final job."Tom is giving us what we really want when we say we want it all ways: Tom Deady is giving us horror." - Josh Malerman, - New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Malorie"In this collection, Tom Deady is the driver, and even with the seatbelts and airbags and crumple zones, you aren't safe. It's not because of the way he drives; that's perfect--as far as words go, he's a roadsman. It's where he's taking you in Tales From Circadia. Roadside attractions only he knows how to find--scenic destinations you won't be able to forget soon. If Tom Deady is behind the wheel, you had better strap in, because you're about to head to some scary places.." - Bracken MacLeod, author of Mountain Home, Stranded, and Come To Dust.

A family reunion turns fatal as sisters delve into a haunted past within eerie manor walls. Dive into a riveting gothic thriller where two sisters confront their long-lost mother's sinister past in a haunted manor.

You were supposed to be watching him...When Elijah Morrison vanished on November 13, 1989, his family took all the right steps.They didn't barrel blindly into the mountains, they called for help as soon as they could, and they waited for the authorities to do their job.However, after search and rescue efforts are sent in the wrong direction, Elijah's father, Samuel, defies local authorities and federal agents to follow his tracks into the untamed Appalachians.Alongside his brother, uncle, and cousin, Samuel navigates Elijah's fast-fading trail, fully equipped to face all perils of the wild.From roaming bears and elusive mountain lions to the arduous trek through the hauntingly beautiful Great Smokies, they thought they were prepared for it all.As they delve deeper into the mountains, however, it becomes clear that an ancient, unfathomable malevolence is threatening not only the Morrison family's unity and sanity but also their lives...Prepare to bear witness to the secrets and darkness lurking in the mist-covered Appalachians, leaving you captivated until the chilling end.