Blackmaw
(2026)(A book in the Standalone Mystery & Thriller Shorts series)
A Story by Miguel Angel Hernandez jr
A missing runner. A shredded cage. A predator that shouldn’t exist—and it's hunting again.
A standalone. Start anywhere in the series.Former investigator Lucas Knight arrives in Hemlock Ridge after a man vanishes on Pine Hollow Trail. What he finds isn’t a crime scene—it’s a slaughter.
Massive paw prints. Trees clawed higher than any bear could reach. Black saliva that burns through leaves like acid. And a town that refuses to talk.
When Knight discovers a destroyed cage at the local animal shelter, he realizes a creature escaped into the woods. Something powerful and intelligent. Something hungry.
And it’s watching him.
As the fog thickens and the bodies mount, Knight hunts a beast that moves like a shadow and kills like a nightmare. But the deeper he goes, the more he understands:
This isn’t an animal. It’s an evolution. And it knows his name.
Perfect for fans of The Ritual, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and fast, atmospheric horror mysteries.
Read Blackmaw tonight before the woods go quiet.
Genre: Horror
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