They told you they were just a legend.
Podcaster Maya Rook built her career debunking monsters. Small towns, missing hikers, ghost stories - she's heard it all. Then she comes to Hollow Creek.
Here, they leave pies on doorsteps. They hang paper melons for a festival that ends at dusk. And they whisper about the children from Crow Hill Hospital for Children - the ones with the pale, domed heads who were never supposed to survive the fire.
Maya came for a story. She stayed because the creek is calling her name.
As she digs into the town's buried history - the asylum, the matron, the disappearances the sheriff won't discuss - Maya realizes the legend isn't dead. It's hungry. And it's been waiting for someone who will finally say its name out loud.
Melon Heads: The Horror of Hollow Creek is a chilling folk-horror novel about buried towns, buried children, and what happens when we stop looking away. Atmospheric, emotional, and relentless, it will make you afraid to answer when something calls you in the dark.
Perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Stephen Graham Jones, and The Only Good Indians.
