In silence she wakes. In silence she takes.
Four different men have been locked inside the new jail in the town of Tiefer Spalt, built from the limestone of the Hellion Ridge mines. But no one comes to check on them...No one comes to let them out.
And something strange waits in the snow outside, singing, inviting nightmares.
Four paths have met at the crossroads, and choices need to be made.
Their lives will never be the same.
One mountain. One chance. Will they be able to save themselves?
Something has awakened in the mining town of Tiefer Spalt. An ancient evil has been disturbed by the blasting and digging.
An unusual number of snake bite deaths are occurring.
A rich man, a drunk, a moonshiner, and a serial killer have been left to starve and freeze in the jail. Nobody has come to check on them for days.
What do these events all have in common? You'll have to read to find out.
Dark Things Crawl Out is a moderately paced folk horror told from multiple points of view including a depraved serial killer. I could not muster up much empathy for any of the characters other than the moonshiner, and I wish his wife had played a bigger role in the story because she was the most intriguing character of all.
We learn through flashbacks how these prisoners landed in jail together, but it's not until much later that we find out the reason they have been abandoned there. I was getting antsy by then for the pace to pick up, but the ending made it worth the wait.
4 out of 5 stars
My thanks to Horrorsmith Publishing.
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