Borrowed Bones

Launch Day!

Two pretty cool things happen today. First, its Launch Day for my debut novel, Borrowed Bones.

Borrowed Bones is a compilation of small town horror, grief horror, and creature feature.

When grief cries loud enough, something answers.

After the death of his wife, Russ Simmons is barely surviving. He walks in the woods behind his house every night, whispering his love into the darkness. He never expected the darkness to whisper back.

Something emerges from the woods behind his home. It talks to him in her voice, and with each passing night, it becomes more of what he’s lost.

As the creature learns, the town of Hachette begins to suffer. A body is found in the woods, a farmer’s livestock is butchered and sorted like specimens, and a young child goes missing.

At the center of an ever-tightening circle of violence sits a small house where a grieving widower has stopped asking why his wife had to die, and started asking what he’s willing to sacrifice to get her back.

For fans of dark literary horror and emotional devastation, Borrowed Bones explores the terrible weight of love that refuses to let go, and the monstrous lengths we’ll go to when we can’t accept goodbye.

A haunting meditation on grief, obsession, and the things we build from our broken hearts.

I sent out between 25 and 30 ARC copies, and only got about 4 reviews back. But they were all favorable.

One of my favorites was shared on Goodreads just last night, and it reads:

Russ is drowning in grief. Recently widowed, he now spends his days alone in the house at the edge of the woods. But grief has a way of changing people... and in Russ's case, it seems to have awakened something lurking in the darkness beyond the trees. As bodies begin to pile up around town, everyone knows one thing for certain: somehow, Russ is at the centre of it all.

This was a beautifully bleak exploration of loss, grief, and the devastation left behind when someone you love is gone. What I loved most was that it didn't just focus on Russ's pain. It showed how grief ripples outward, touching everyone around it and leaving destruction in its wake.
The pacing is definitely a slow burn, but it never felt dull. Instead, it simmers beneath the surface, quietly building tension chapter by chapter. Much like Russ's grief itself, the story grows heavier and darker as it progresses, until everything crashes together in a heartbreaking finale that left me feeling completely hollow.
This was my first book by this author, but it certainly won't be my last. If you're looking for a haunting, atmospheric horror that balances the supernatural with a deeply human story about loss, this one is well worth your time.

🩸 The Panic Verdict: A slow-burning, grief-soaked nightmare that proves some wounds never truly heal.

If that sounds like something you’d enjoy, it is out on ebook and KU today, and paperback tomorrow (if I planned everything right)

I would make this the happiest birthday ever for me if you’d give it a chance!