Sign-In
Cart
The Hollow Well
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 11 2025
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Beneath the crooked oaks of Ashmere lies a secret the villagers refuse to name. An ancient well, crumbling and overgrown, waits in silence at the forest's edge. By day it is only stone and shadow. But by night, the hollow whispers with voices no one should hear-voices of mothers, fathers, sisters, lovers long gone. Voices that tempt, promise, and demand.
When Evelyn arrives in Ashmere for the summer, she expects grief to follow her-the weight of her sister's death never truly leaves her. But she does not expect the village's silence, or the way the people watch from behind shuttered windows as though guarding a terrible truth. Alongside Ryan, Chloe, and Lucas, she discovers that the well is more than a ruin: it is a hunger, a living thing that knows their deepest wounds and uses them against them.
Each night the voices grow stronger. They call Ryan with the warmth of his father's love, pull Chloe with the desperate comfort of her mother's voice, and lure Evelyn with the laughter of the sister she longs to see again. Lucas, haunted by the disappearance of his own brother, knows the cost of listening-but even he cannot escape the shadows' reach.
As the four of them struggle to resist the hollow's promises, they uncover fragments of Ashmere's past: journals, carvings, and whispered chronicles that reveal the villagers once fed the well with blood to keep it quiet. Now that the sacrifices have stopped, the well is starving-and it will not rest until it claims them.
The Hollow Well is more than a horror story-it is a descent into grief, memory, and the dangerous comfort of longing. Every page unravels the thin line between love and delusion, between the truth of what we have lost and the lies we tell ourselves to bring it back. With chilling atmosphere and relentless tension, Viktoryia Konan delivers a tale that is as heartbreaking as it is terrifying.
If you are drawn to haunting psychological horror, stories of small villages with dark secrets, and characters forced to face the most dangerous voices of all-the ones inside themselves-The Hollow Well will stay with you long after the last page.
Step carefully. Do not follow the voices. Some doors, once opened, cannot be closed.
Also from
Kuliev, Dionis
Valerian: The Captive Emperor: A Historical Novel of Betrayal, Suffering, and Endurance
Kuliev, Jambul
Kuliev, Dionis
Paperback
Also in
Horror
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paperback
Japanese Gothic: A Folk Horror Novel of Japanese Mythology, Murder, and Family Duty Across Two Timelines
Baker, Kylie Lee
Hardcover
Incidents Around the House: A Novel: The Inspiration for the Movie Other Mommy
Malerman, Josh
Paperback
The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast
Penner, Sarah
Paperback
Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stoker, Bram
Shelley, Mary
Paperback
THE GIRLS IN THE CABIN an absolutely unputdownable psychological thriller packed with heart-stopping twists
Stephens, Caleb
Paperback