Haunted Coal Ridge Series

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 2: "Reflections" Being forced to endure a part-time job in Wooddale Park for something that was barely her fault, Sandy is trapped between her mother's lectures and the responsibilities of watching over the kids on the playground. As her friends go on with their social lives, she leads a group of children to see the froggies at Miller's Pond and ends up in a horror filled, waking nightmare. Something in the pond hungers for the kids and it's up to the teenager to keep them safe.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 3: "They Must Play" Some people are so strange. It isn't enough that her neighbor has a group of small decorative pig statues in her front yard but putting up a playset and staging them around it is a little much. With all she had going wrong in her life, it was easy for Julie to forget the old adage about judging others before walking in their shoes. She gets a painful reminder when she discovers that those pigs weren't just staged that way. They need to be kept busy or they'll make their own brand of bloody fun.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 5: "Voices" It was Mark's first time. He'd thought about it a lot and planned it out meticulously. He knew exactly how and where he would do it, but he didn't know who, until he saw her. It was the perfect murder. The only two people aware of the crime were the killer and the victim, and the victim can't talk...right? Now her voice is in his head, taunting him. Mark fears that he may be losing his mind, but this feels like something more.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 1: "The Stadium" Football Friday night in Coal Ridge is about more than a game, it's the community gathering to support the school, the kids, and one another. While Cynthia Ramsey and her husband Mike sit in the stands cheering on their son, a shadow of the town's past hovers nearby, waiting for the moment to strike. A typically pleasant October evening, was about to devolve into a waking nightmare, with their only way out hidden in a childhood event that even those who experienced deny.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 4: "The Cage" Something hunts the people of Coal Ridge. Hank has spent decades fighting it, but with his time running out, he needed to find a way to stop it. Bruce was a lifelong screw-up until he met Hank. Who could have guessed that finding a purpose would make things worse? Faced with an undefeatable evil, Hank and Bruce decide that the only way to protect their friends and neighbors was to trap it, but in doing so they will trap themselves. One in death and the other with a lifelong responsibility he doesn't want, because something that can be trapped can also be released.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 7: "Marjorie" The summer of '63. As a park aid, Gracie's job was to watch the children and she loved it. Among the throngs of them, one child looked out of place. She had no idea just how out of place the little girl in the white dress was until she was face-to-face with something that went beyond her worst nightmare. With hope fading, that little girl might be her only chance.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 11: "Elizabeth" In December 1968 Mary Shelley Elementary in Coal Ridge lost a teacher and gained a guardian angel. A widowed school teacher, Elizabeth Felger led a simple life with good friends and year after year of students she adored. When she saw one of them in danger on her way home from a card game, Elizabeth rushed in without hesitation and came face to face with a secret that has been preying on the people of Coal Ridge. They say that no good deed goes unpunished. She may have saved the boy, but Elizabeth didn't come away a survivor, she came away as something much more...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 9: "The Investigator" Private Investigator, Bill Jacobs, is in the business of cheating spouses and insurance fraud. His work might seem mundane, but it pays the bills and lets him be his own boss. Bill likes things to stay status quo, but after growing up in Coal Ridge, he should have known better. Mila Franco's best friend has gone missing. The police have all but given up, but she knows that her friend is out there and needs her help. Soon a reluctant PI and his unwanted sidekick are on the case, but what started as a search for a missing teenager will bring them face to face with a dark secret that has been recently released from its cage, and its hungry.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 6: "Treasure Mine" Best friends. Lucky people have one. Joey, Mickey, and Chris each have two. When one of them is being forced to move away, the other two decide that they're going to do whatever it takes to keep them together, even if it means ignoring the warning signs and delving into an abandoned coal mine in search of gold. Unfortunately, the chest they find doesn't contain treasure.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 15: Unforgivable We all mess up sometimes. For most of us it's a mistake or bad decision that carries some degree of consequence. For Nick Densico, it was much, much worse. After twenty-seven years, he's returned to his hometown. Things have changed. Many of the places he used to know are gone. The town has moved on, but Nick is still trapped in his worst moment, unwilling to let go of the past. The problem is, in Coal Ridge when the past catches up with you it is unforgiving.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 10: "Inside Voice" Caleb's not so popular in the real world, but he loves his video games. For him, nothing quite matches the thrill of hunting enemies in complex battle maps, while chatting with his online friends. Emily is trapped in a dark place and she's not alone. While looking for a way out, she hears Caleb, but she's not the only one that's found him. Now Caleb and Emily are prey in a real-life hunt on the most terrifying level of all—Coal Ridge.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed again. Story 8: "Under the Bed" What do you do when the monster under your bed is real? Like many kids her age, Meaghan has a vivid imagination, and after a scare at Miller's Pond, she's acquired an imaginary friend. When she gets scared that the monster under her bed is going to get her, it all seems pretty routine. The problem is that Meaghan lives in Coal Ridge, where monsters are real, imaginary friends are more than they seem, and routine is terrifying.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 20: "No Way Out" In a small town secrets get out. Bill and Mila have been doing their best to keep their activities quiet while searching for a way to bring Emily home, but its growing apparent that more people know what's going on in Coal Ridge and that's complicating things. For now, Bill is playing it safe, but that means keeping secrets from his teenage partner. The problem is that Mila has her own secrets and as it all begins to unravel, things between them start to get complicated.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 12: "The Curmudgeon" Live alone, die alone, that's David's motto. All he wants is to be left alone, but something has other plans for him. David is convinced that someone is messing with him, they're stealing lawn ornaments and putting them on his porch. Officer Greg Rogers just wants to get through his shift and get home to his wife and daughter, but whoever is messing with the most infamous curmudgeon in Coal Ridge is making his job more difficult. These two will get more than they bargained for, because it's New Year's Eve in Coal Ridge and They Must Play...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 14: "Kick the Can Since the early 1960s Hank McDonald had been fighting against the mysterious disappearances and unexplained deaths that haunted Coal Ridge. When things got worse in the late seventies, he took on a protégé to help him deal with it. Together they'd been able to save a lot of people, but in the summer of 1981, when a group of teens disappeared, it turned into the world's deadliest game of Kick the Can. As in all games, you win some and you lose some.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 16: "The Festival" The Fourth of July Fireman's Festival has food, rides, and games—there is something for everyone. It is the one event that brings out the residents of Coal Ridge and brings back those who have moved away, but when an uninvited guest shows up, the festivities turn deadly. After a longtime firefighter finds himself trapped between worlds with a soul devouring monster, all his skills are put to the test. Will he be able to rescue them all or will someone be left behind?

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 13: "Happy Wednesday" Valentine's Day is a festival of romantic love filled with gifts of cards, flowers, and presents. For most, it's celebrated with romantic meals, chocolates, and red roses. Melissa hates Valentine's Day, but even though they had to trudge into work, Jason wants to show her how special it can be. The problem is, in Coal Ridge this Valentine's Day comes with cold, snow, and a soul devouring monster. Now Chief Carabelli has quite the situation on his hands. Something bad went down and he has questions, but the answers he's getting just aren't adding up.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 21: "I Dare You" Kelly and Matt grew up together in Coal Ridge and have been best friends forever. After college they went different ways, but the passing of her Dad and end of his marriage have brought them both back home. Cele-mouring in the family room of his parent's house with a bottle of schnapps leads them to relive a childhood adventure and before long drunken Team Scooby Doo is trying to solve a mystery. The problem is that in Coal Ridge, the soul devouring monster isn't an old man in a mask.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 19: "Runaway" Jason Greathouse knows a little something about what's going on in Coal Ridge, if only he could get someone to listen. Tammy Watts is willing, but without evidence all she has is a conspiracy barely worthy of rag journalism. When Liv Parker goes missing, the police think she's run away, but this skeptical duo decides to see if Jason's soul devouring monster is involved. When they discover that they're not the only ones hunting for it, Tammy's story becomes a lot more news than conspiracy.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 18: "Road Rage" Linni and her husband were looking forward to spending the day at the Pumpkin Festival, but when a reckless driver led them on a rage filled chase down the freeway, a confrontation seemed inevitable. Unfortunately, when the road leads to Coal Ridge, horrors soon follow. In a flight for their lives, husband and wife must figure out a way to stay a step ahead or be engulfed in an unyielding darkness.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 17: "No Place Safe" Although she was taught to be afraid of Coal Ridge, Becca fell in love with the charming small town. When she found a similarly charming man who had the same ideals, she felt like she had it all. But as secrets started being revealed, everything began to unravel. Sometimes the harshest lessons strike closest to home, and she was about to learn that even in the comfort of her hometown, no place is really safe.

A series of intertwined short stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends, and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 26: "Playtime is Over" Sometimes life can be challenging. For Julie, it started with a divorce. Things got worse when her neighbor's death made her the caretaker of supernatural beasties who took her leg below the knee. Then the mysterious death of her ex-husband brought grief to her and the kids. By the time she was asked to take temporary custody of her nephew, it seemed like the universe was just piling on. You wouldn't think that things could get worse, but this is Coal Ridge.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 22: "Mirrors" As far as Shawn is concerned, a solid exercise routine and eating right are the keys to a long and healthy life. New to Coal Ridge, he's just settling in and starting to get to know the locals, but there's something not quite right about the town's newest resident. Coming from the insanity of DC, Shawn didn't choose Coal Ridge because it's peaceful and quiet, he chose it because it's a place from where people mysteriously disappear.

A series of intertwined short stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 27: "Escape Plan" It's been over a year since Emily went missing. Although Bill and Mila have found her, they don't know how to bring her home. With darkness rising and hope fading, there might be a way, but the cost is steep, and so much could go wrong. In this thrilling conclusion to the Haunted Coal Ridge saga, desperation battles morality in a bid to bring a lost teen home and put an end to a dire threat.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again.   Story 23: "Animal Control"   As an animal control officer, Jake Beasley is used to crawling into unpleasant places and dealing with dangerous creatures, but whatever is wandering around town doesn't follow any behaviors that make sense.   After a town elder is killed in an apparent animal attack, Jake sets out on a search for something far more dangerous than anything he's pursued before. The problem is that Jake lives in Coal Ridge where people are the prey, and everyone knows that They Must Play.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again.   Story 24: "Gladys and her Dog"   Gladys is more than capable of living on her own despite her son's insistence that she move into a retirement community. She and Muffin are safe and happy in their home, and they aren't going anywhere.   Except that in Coal Ridge, safety is an illusion. People are disappearing, and something new has gotten involved. With emotions running high, Gladys is about to discover that there is far more truth to the stories that she's heard than anyone would believe.

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 25: "Escalation" The past year has been crazy. Despite the efforts of her best friend and the Private Investigator that her mother hired, Emily is still trapped. Although she wants nothing more than to get out, there are lines she won't cross, and she has been able to help people who slipped over to escape the shadow. When several kids disappear, it seems that the shadow is at it again. Rushing in to help, Emily discovers that its not alone. Something new has arrived, and she has once again become the hunted.