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A Dead Dog
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 31 2025
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Dead Dog
By Chatel Hill
A haunting literary mystery for fans of Shirley Jackson, Mariana EnrÃquez, and Stephen King.
On a fog-slick road outside Harper's Hollow, middle school teacher Claire finds the body of a small dog with a red collar and a brass tag that reads Margo. She brings it home out of kindness, a decision that unravels the tidy order of her life. By morning, the dog is gone-and that night, it returns, padding out of the shadows with eyes that do not blink and a bark that bends the night around it.
As sightings spread and a smell of iron and damp wool seeps into homes, Harper's Hollow becomes a town unraveling. The dog is everywhere-on porches, by the river, in schoolyards-always watching, always calling. It goes, people whisper, where the hurt is.
Claire begins to map its appearances, keeping a ledger of grief and disappearances the town would rather forget. Each entry draws her closer to the truth buried beneath the Hollow's silence, and closer to the question no one wants to ask: What does the dog want, and what will it take to leave?
The Dead Dog is a chilling meditation on grief, memory, and the stories we bury to keep our lives in order. Both literary and unsettling, it blends gothic atmosphere with psychological horror, reminding us that some losses never stay buried.
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