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Walk Hand and Hand Into Extinction: Stories Inspired By True Detective

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My short story Grieving in Reverse is featured in the new book Walk Hand and Hand Into Extinction: Stories Inspired By True Detective.

This paperback is filled with macabre mysteries inspired by the existential themes of the first season of True Detective and the work of gothic literature that inspired it: Robert W. Chambers The King in Yellow.

My contribution to this collection is a modern noir with a dash of cosmic horror. It’s about a private eye who’s hired to look into the apparent suicide of a script reader. He learns the terrifying truth about a screenplay that drives anyone who reads it to madness. I dare you to read it.

4 thoughts on “Walk Hand and Hand Into Extinction: Stories Inspired By True Detective”

  1. sheepcarrot – Pennsylvania – I've been working law enforcement for the past 18 years as a means to keep bills paid and body and soul together while I pursue the goal of writing and publishing my first (but not last!) novel. I'm recently married to my love Dylan. I have no children except those of the four-legged sort: Brooklyn, a boxer-American bulldog mix, and Aleksandra, a pit bull mix.
    sheepcarrot says:

    That sounds like a fascinating story! I look forward to reading it.

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    1. drewchial – When Drew Chial was very young, he found an attic hidden in his bedroom closet. He discovered it investigating an indentation in the ceiling, nudging it with a broom, until it fell inward. There was no stepladder for him to climb, so he scaled the shelves. Shining his flashlight, he found a long triangular hall, twice the length of his bedroom. Every surface was coated in pink insulation that made his skin itch. Creeping into the basement, Drew stole a sleeping bag that he unrolled on the attic floor. He set a tiny aluminum lock box on top of it. This is where he hid the things he wrote. Now Drew hides them in plain sight.
      drewchial says:

      It’s dark and twisted in all the right ways. I hope you love it.

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  2. Erik – South Shore, MA – I'm an author, speaker, blogger, facilitator, people lover, creative force, conversationalist, problem solver, chance-taker, listener, noticer and lover of life. "It's more about writing lives than writing pages."
    Erik says:

    Congratulations, Drew! I hope it whets your appetite to see your stories in print more often.

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