Alex J. Knudsen
Lost Grove: Part One
For fans of Twin Peaks and Stranger Things, Lost Grove is the first in a paranormal mystery duology that explores the twisted legends and mysteries in one small town.
In the eerie, enigmatic town of Lost Grove, where secrets whispered among the rustling pines are as thick as the fog rolling in from the sea, the discovery of Sarah Elizabeth Grahams' lifeless corpse on the windswept beach is but the first note in a haunting symphony of mysteries.
Sergeant Seth Wolfe, the town's tenacious lawman, penetrates the cryptic and labyrinthine secrets veiled beneath the town's murky facade. A connection to Sarah Elizabeth, one he could never have fathomed, begins to take shape, blurring the lines between his own existence and the mysteries that enshroud the town. Suspects multiply like whispers in a haunted forest, but each lead unravels, and the mysteries of the case deepen.
Meanwhile, a group of local teenagers embark on their own harrowing mission, driven by a relentless desire to answer the riddle of their friend's vanished brother and expose the sinister secrets harbored by an affluent institute nestled in the heart of Lost Grove. Bringing their disturbing findings to Seth, he discovers eerie parallels between their quest and his case.
As Seth dives deeper into the abyss of darkness gripping Lost Grove, an unsettling incident threatens to derail his investigation and shatter the illusions of safety the town has harbored for far too long. A chilling web of malevolence begins to tighten its grip, ensnaring them all in a nightmarish dance that will test the limits of their resolve.
Readers who love the eerie, unsettling mystery of Stephen King’s The Outsider and the monstrous legends of Brian McGreevy’s Hemlock Grove will enjoy this twisty, taut thriller.
The Nawie
Spawned by the brutality of untimely deaths, they crave that which was taken from them.
They crave life.
Marcelina Bajorek has spent her life in a blissfully naive bubble, until the night her grandmother shatters it with an unsettling deathbed confession; the mother she had always believed dead, is in fact alive and living in seclusion, purportedly in order to protect her.
The immediate and dire need to discover the truth propels Marcelina and her long-term boyfriend, Jack Hayborough, from their peaceful life in Minneapolis, MN to her birth home in Poland during the tumultuous summer of 1980. The hopeful reunion descends into a labyrinth of family secrets and lies, followed by a torturous sequence of gruesome and haunting events that leave them broken and shattered.
When, at last, they escape back to their home in Minneapolis, what returns with them is something beyond their comprehension, something malevolent and foul, with a base need to mutilate. The life they once knew has changed irreparably. Missing memories and the foreboding parting words from a friendly stranger plague Marcelina. Jack holds on to an unimaginable secret that eats away at his soul. If they can find a way to overcome their own demons, only one will stand in their way.