The Hollow Beneath

The Hollow BeneathA Southern Gothic Psychological Horror Novelby Philip StengelSome towns aren't forgotten-they're erased.When disgraced investigative journalist Evelyn Carver arrives in the decaying Appalachian town of Hollow's End, she's chasing a ghost: her sister's death, her career's ruin, and the whisper of a story buried too deep to die. But Hollow's End doesn't welcome outsiders-it swallows them. Beneath its sagging porches and looping streets lies a living hunger, a mind that listens, a silence that accuses.What begins as a search for truth spirals into a hallucinatory descent. Evelyn discovers old tapes, rewritten memories, and a legacy of ritual sacrifice buried in the mine shafts below. The town feeds on guilt, addiction, and grief-and Evelyn, with her fractured mind and haunted past, is the perfect offering.As the town watches and whispers, Evelyn must navigate distorted reality, confront her family's monstrous legacy, and decipher a prophecy where contradiction is the only escape. Because in Hollow's End, you don't just read the story-the story reads you.A haunting fusion of House of Leaves, Silent Hill, and The Ritual, The Hollow Beneath is a metafictional survival horror that blurs the line between reader and participant.

• | Author: Philip Stengel
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Jun 09, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00178 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798287390723