Ashes of the Hollow

By M. L. Ridgeway

Ashes of the Hollow

A Novel by M. L. Ridgeway

In the isolated town of Crowe's Hollow, some names carry weight.

Seventeen-year-old Eliza Crow has spent her life outrunning the silence left behind by a house that burned and a family that never truly died. Everyone in town knows the story: a fire that burned the wrong color, a mirror that survived untouched, and a bloodline whispered about only when voices drop low.

When Eliza returns to the ruins on a dare, she awakens something that has been waiting for generations.

Crows gather. Whispers follow. A black feather spreads beneath her skin. And the mirror on the ridge begins to remember.

As outsiders arrive seeking proof, fame, or answers, the Hollow reveals its true appetite. What began as a bargain made in desperation now demands completion, and Eliza must confront the truth her family buried in ash: some homes do not haunt you... they claim you.

Ashes of the Hollow is a slow-burning work of literary horror steeped in Southern Gothic atmosphere, ancestral dread, and body-horror transformation. It explores inheritance, hunger, and the terrible comfort of belonging to something ancient and watching.
Some doors should never be opened twice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK76L4DL
• ISBN13: 9798245894027
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"