Thirteen Years Lost in the Mountains

When a magnitude 12 earthquake shatters Antarctica, intern researcher Mark Evans is sent to the ends of the Earth—only to discover a jet-black mountain towering where nothing should exist. As aftershocks and tsunamis devastate humanity, Mark and his teammate must face the impossible: the mountain isn’t natural, and what lies beneath could end the world. Stranded, hunted by the unknown, their only hope is to uncover the mountain’s secret—before it destroys them all.

When Derek races against a deadly storm to save a missing boy, a ruthless ferry woman stands between him and the only shortcut up the mountain. With his father’s keepsake on the line and every second ticking down, Derek must choose between sacrifice and survival. Will his past haunt him, or will he defy fate and become the hero his family needs?

When a Harvard professor returns from the abyss, raving about a living mountain beneath the Atlantic, no one believes his warnings—until he vanishes from a locked hospital room. His diary reveals a secret that unravels the very fabric of reality: the mountain is alive, made of human flesh, and the story of John Gable is a lie. If the truth surfaces, no one is safe from what waits in the dark.

As a broke local guide, I deliver women to the reclusive Mr. Knox—never asking questions, just pocketing the cash. But when I glimpse chained ankles, desperate bargains, and forbidden passion under the stars, guilt and terror threaten to drown me. I’m trapped between exposing a secret harem on the cliffs and becoming the next pawn in Knox’s cruel game.

Some monsters only come out when it snows. Trapped on a mountain road in a blizzard, a ragtag crew of Appalachian townsfolk must take shelter—or risk being hunted by the legendary Snow Devil. But when one of their own vanishes into the whiteout and returns with pockets full of gold, old loyalties are tested by greed, fear, and something far more sinister. The storm is relentless, the gold is real, and the thing wearing Dave’s face is hungry. Will anyone survive the night, or will the mountain claim them all? When gold gleams brighter than old warnings, who do you trust—your friends, or the thing that wears their skin?

When veteran rescuer Hank Miller answers a desperate call about a missing desert guide, he’s thrust into a web of betrayal, amateur mistakes, and deadly secrets. As the Salt Flats claim their victims, Hank races against the clock—and his own doubts—to unravel what really happened. Every wrong turn brings the survivors closer to disaster, and Hank closer to a truth that could haunt him forever.

Twenty years ago, Caleb and his friends sealed the mayor’s grandson inside a forgotten well—and swore never to speak of it. Now, as developers threaten to unearth their secret, his old friends turn on him, trapping him in the same well to keep the past buried. Betrayed, tortured, and left for dead, Caleb claws his way back for revenge, ready to make them pay for every scar.

Twenty years ago, I locked my daughter in a cabinet and walked away, haunted by guilt ever since. Now, with my son's high-society wedding on the line, the past claws its way back—my daughter's voice echoing from the grave, demanding to be found. If I can’t face the horror I buried, my family’s future—and my soul—may be lost forever.

A chilling Appalachian tale of family, fate, and the deadly secrets lurking on a haunted mountain road, as a boy witnesses desperate bargains and confronts the thin line between the living and the dead.

A letter from home is the only thing keeping a disgraced clerk sane as he’s swept into a doomed frontier war—until a legendary commander with a seven-foot blade emerges to rally the broken and betrayed. But the myth is a mask, the victories are illusions, and every promise hides another lie. Trapped between merciless Dakota riders and the wilderness, the survivors must hold a nameless spring against impossible odds, gambling everything on water and hope. When the truth rips away every comfort, the clerk faces a final, brutal choice: cling to the past, or follow a madman into one last, desperate assault. What would you risk for the chance to go home—when home may already be lost?

After being lured to a remote mountain town by a fake reality show casting, Charity finds herself trafficked and forced into a violent captivity. She endures brutal treatment, witnesses the fates of other victims, and clings to small acts of resistance and hope. Through the desperate intervention of her mother, who risks everything to set a fire and orchestrate Charity’s escape, Charity finally reaches safety—though her mother disappears in the process. The story explores cycles of abuse, survival, and the transcendent, sacrificial power of a mother’s love.

Eight-year-old Morgan is the unwanted child of a disgraced senator’s daughter, locked in a livestock pen and tormented on a remote ranch. Her only hope—a mother broken by humiliation, her only comfort—scraps of kindness from a world that wants her gone. When her mother vanishes and blood stains the prairie, Morgan must choose: disappear forever, or fight for a love that’s always been just out of reach.