Cryptid Carl and the Hollow King

By Waylon Graves

A Brutal, Blood-Soaked Thrill Ride Through Appalachian Folklore. Cryptid Horror at its Finest.

A half-feral drifter raised in the shadow of Storm Mountain, Carl has spent years roaming backroads, working over broken towns, and hunting the uncanny creatures of folklore-anything to keep the tax collectors from taking the only home he's ever known. When the mysterious Mothman begins terrorizing a dying town, Carl expects just another job and maybe a strange new specimen for his collection.

Instead, he stumbles into a nightmare swallowing Appalachia whole.

A parasitic force is spreading smiles and emptying hollers across the land. And at the center of it all waits Indrid Cold, an inhuman manipulator who knows how to pry open Carl's oldest wounds and turn his memories against him.

To stop him, Carl must confront the truth of his bloodline, the monsters stalking the dark, and the ghosts of the past he's buried for too long. If he fails, his world and his soul will be hollowed out along with everything else.

If Appalachian horror, haunted hollers, and backwoods monsters are your thing, this is one ride you don't want to miss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FFN8NKRB
• ISBN13: 9798999347008
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Buffhaus Print & Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"