The Conqueror Worm

Jimmy and James are two young boys — best friends and explorers in the realm of childhood adventure. Together they roam their neighborhood searching for excitement, secrets, and buried treasure.

But when their digging uncovers something far beyond their understanding, the adventure turns into terror — something too terrible to describe except as a scream. What they find beneath the earth is not treasure, but a discovery that will follow them long after childhood ends.

The Conqueror Worm is a chilling tale of friendship, curiosity, and the hidden horrors that can lie just beneath ordinary life. What begins as a simple childhood adventure becomes a moment that changes everything.

This story is the first full chapter of the award-winning novel Death of Heaven, winner of the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Horror, where the story of Jimmy and James continues into darker and more terrifying territory.

Also available as an audiobook.