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The Dead Frequencies · Book One

DEAD AIR

A dying coal town. A voice on the radio. An ancient thing beneath the mountain that knows your name.

Harlow Hollow, West Virginia has nothing left but stubbornness and each other. Then the radios turn on -- not to a station, but to a voice. It calls itself Old Jack. It knows everyone's secrets. And it wants to make a deal.

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The Broadcast

WHLW 1090 AM · Harlow Hollow, WV

> TRANSMISSION INTERCEPTED -- CH. 7

"Good evening, Harlow Hollow. My name is Jack. Some of you already know me, though you might not realize it yet. I have been listening to you for a very long time. I know your names. I know your children's names. I know the things you say when you think no one is listening."

"I know that Dale Messer beats his wife on Thursdays when the disability check runs out. I know that Drew Mercer, your pastor, has not believed in God for three years but keeps preaching because the alternative is admitting his entire life is a performance. I know that Virgil Whitmore has been buying property through shell companies while this town starves."

"I am not telling you these things to be cruel. I am telling you because someone should, and no one else will."

> END TRANSMISSION

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About the Author

Emmett Cross writes horror about the places America forgot. His work explores what happens when desperate communities encounter things that are very old, very patient, and very good at listening.

He can be found at emmettcross.com, where he does not have a radio.

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The Dead Frequencies

They have been here longer than the mountains. They speak through whatever we build. And they are always, always listening.

Book One

Dead Air

A dying coal town. A voice on the radio. An ancient thing beneath the mountain that knows your secrets and wants to make a deal.

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Book Two

White Noise

A flooded Gulf Coast town. A hurricane that never ends. And something in the storm surge that sounds exactly like the people you lost.

Coming Soon