13 Sylent Spring Shadows: Stories Gathered Beneath the Bloom

By Kathryn Seelye

13 Sylent Shadows of Spring is a collection of thirteen atmospheric stories where beauty, memory, and dread grow side by side beneath the thawing skies of Michigan.

Set among blueberry orchards, cedar swamps, lonely farm roads, small towns, and lake fog, these stories explore the quiet places where ordinary life begins to slip into something stranger. A child disappears between the rows of a summer berry farm. A grieving woman keeps vigil over a field that remembers. A simple roadside basket of strawberries offers impossible relief at a devastating cost. Old May Day traditions awaken something ancient along a fog-covered ridge. And somewhere beneath the returning warmth of spring, the land itself seems to be listening.

Blending literary horror, regional noir, folklore, and psychological unease, 13 Sylent Shadows of Spring is less interested in shock than in the slow unraveling of what feels safe, familiar, and true.

These are stories about hunger, inheritance, memory, loss, love, and the dangerous temptation to believe that buried things always remain buried.

Perfect for readers who enjoy atmospheric literary horror, seasonal fiction, quiet dread, folk horror, and emotionally layered dark fiction.

The seasons turn. The shadows remain.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2CJ6KPY
• ISBN13: 9798197573803
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"