The Hollows, by Ben Larken
“The Hollows” is a sensational time-travel horror thriller by EPPIE award winning author, Ben Larken. Set in a seemingly ordinary apartment complex in Fort Worth – The Whispering Hollows – “The Hollows” takes the reader on a chilling journey through the last half-century as a desperate David Alders searches for his wife – a wife who disappeared ten years previously.
ISBN: 9781905091546 (paperback) £9.95; $14.95; 9781905091553 (digital ebook editions) $5.99
1949: A young girl is traumatized when she witnesses a grisly murder in the forest behind her home.
1999: A loving wife disappears in the middle of the night, leaving no trace of her whereabouts.
2009: Former detective David Alders rents an apartment at a typical complex; a quiet unassuming place nestled in the outskirts of Fort Worth called The Hollows.
David is at a dead end after ten maddening years searching for his vanished wife. With mounting bills and a daughter on the verge of college, he makes the only logical choice: sell the family home, get back to work, and take a cheap apartment. His daughter, Melanie, is secretly thrilled about the change hoping it means a fresh start for their withering family.
But The Hollows has other plans…
As a new community welcomes the Alders into its midst, elusive figures watch from the periphery, waiting for their moment. On the first night, a grotesque, burnt man seizes Melanie in her bed, spewing insane ramblings before disappearing into the darkness. She struggles to convince her father what happened was real, but David has his own problems.
Like the fact that he has just woke up in the wrong day.
Welcome to a tour through the dark underbelly of the last half-century where invisible hands take you by force to the demons of your past. Where you can find terror, time travel, and murder—all for one low monthly rent. Welcome to…
THE HOLLOWS: Pray that the lease agreement expires before you do.
Ben Larken’s debut novel, PIT-STOP won the 2009 EPPIE Award for Best Horror at EPICon, Las Vegas, March 2009. Ben lives in Fort Worth with his wife and children.
LL-Publications is a growing independent publisher based in Scotland, UK. A first book award, achieved by PIT-STOP, has been followed up with two further EPIC 2010 AWARD finalists from its imprint Logical-Lust Publications. Owner Jim Brown and his wife Zetta – Editor in Chief – have a keen eye for creative originality and ground-breaking writing.
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