Shadow's Season: An Anthology

Four stories. One chilling truth: the darkness is closer than you think.

Welcome to shadow's season—that hour of the soul when fear must be confronted, where mystery governs, and where ancient monsters live just beneath the delicate veneer we fools call "normal."

Your host, the enigmatic E.L. Grimwood, invites you to the game: four tales of suspense, mystery, and horror.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Laura just wanted to practice the piano in peace. Instead, she's trapped in a country church with slashed tires, no phone, and darkness closing in. Will she be able to escape her pursuer and survive the night?

GHOSTED

Graduate student Stephen escapes to a Victorian bed-and-breakfast to finish his thesis—and to avoid thinking about Anne, the love of his life who he also happens to have cruelly ghosted. But when a real ghost appears in his room with an unusual plea for help, Stephen must confront more than just the tap-tap-tap on the chamber door of his conscience.

THE LAST STOP

When E.T. fries their car in the middle of the desert, Dennis and Claudia find the only shelter for miles: a pristine 1950s diner. One by one they consider their options: were they abducted by aliens, transported through time, or something much worse? As the shadows fade and the even more terrifying rays of dawn come, they face an impossible choice about love, sacrifice, and what lies beyond.

W-I-T-N-E-S-S-M-E

Four college friends break into the abandoned Lawndale mansion for a YouTube video and a harmless séance. But when they ask, "Is anyone there?" something answers—and they do not like what it has to say. Now they must escape a house that rewrites reality around its prey, or become the latest victims in a century of mysterious deaths.

Four standalone stories. One unforgettable journey into the shadows.

Perfect for fans of psychological horror, supernatural suspense, and stories that make you question what's real. Each tale can be read independently, but careful readers will discover subtle connections woven throughout—hints of a larger mystery that spans the Shadow's Season series.

"Welcome, my fellow traveler, to shadow's season." —E.L. Grimwood