HARVEST SEASON

By Jason Ortiz

Harvest Season Nestled deep in the American heartland, the town of Daggerhill is a picture of pastoral perfection--endless golden cornfields, charming traditions, and townsfolk who never seem to age. When ambitious journalist Sophie Granger arrives to cover the annual Harvest Festival, she expects pumpkin pies and polaroid nostalgia. What she finds is something else entirely. The townspeople are kind. Too kind. Their smiles never falter. Their eyes never blink long enough. And beneath their every word is a sinister cadence, as though they're rehearsing lines passed down through blood. Then Sophie learns the truth: Daggerhill thrives not on sunlight and soil, but on sacrifice. Every harvest, the town feeds the land--not with fertilizer, but with flesh. Beneath the fields lies an ancient, parasitic god, a grotesque entity with tendrils of rot and whispers of immortality. In return, the town receives perfect crops, eternal youth, and untouchable prosperity. Now Sophie has been chosen--not to write the story, but to become part of it . Trapped in a living nightmare of rituals, roots, and rot, Sophie uncovers secrets that stretch back generations. But as she fights for her sanity and survival, a deeper horror emerges: the god beneath the soil is not alone--and the next bloom is coming. The land is hungry. And Sophie is already taking root .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6D176K8
• ISBN13: 9798281295871
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"