Animal Control

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.