Black Mercy Falls

✍ Scribed by Christopher Fulbright, Angeline Hawkes

• Publisher: ND3 Press
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

The small Colorado town of Black Mercy Falls has a ghastly past.

The massive waterfall above the town runs thick with black iron oxide, but there are hushed suggestions that something evil is responsible for the dark waters. Whispers of the locals connect a list of missing children with a diabolic tale of the town’s founding father. Is the waterfall haunted? Or is the town cursed by something that stalks its children by night?

Now the waterfall and the land it’s on are bequeathed to Lance Evans by his estranged uncle. But when Lance brings his wife and son to explore the inheritance, they scarcely have a chance to marvel at its beauty and settle in to the rustic cabin than good fortune is overshadowed by tragedy. Mists of the past enshroud a dark legacy that threatens to take the lives of those he loves. It’ll take all he can do to save them … or die trying.

(This novella was previously published in limited hardcover and ebook editions by Delirium Books in 2011.)

"Equal parts gritty and elegant, Black Mercy Falls is a tense, dark and welcome contribution to the growing fusion of crime and horror fiction." --Hank Schwaeble, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Damnable

"A completely absorbing and unpredictable tale that has sympathetic characters, vivid and rich descriptions, an eerie plot and atmosphere, and some truly startling moments of grotesque intensity. Black Mercy Falls is as much a tale of domestic tragedy as it is a very compelling horror story. Set aside some time to read it all in one sitting." --William Schoell, author of Saurian, Bride of Satan, and The Dragon

"This is great stuff. Consider it required reading for the discerning horror connoisseur." --Joe McKinney, author of Dead City and Apocalypse of the Dead