Krude: The West Texas Tell-Tale

By T. H. Chisum

What is KRUDE, with a "K"?

A natural resource excavated under layers.

A behavior of volatile youth underground.

A reckoning with the unexplainable.

In Odessa, Texas, a young man disappears beneath the weight of rumor, memory, and violence. What follows is not merely an investigation, but a descent-through oilfields, MySpace archives, teenage recklessness, and the lingering pressure of what small towns choose to bury.

Structured like the anatomy of an oil well, KRUDE: The West Texas Tell-Tale blends literary horror, psychological unease, and true-crime-inspired fiction into a fractured portrait of West Texas at the edge of collapse.

Sticky. Oozing. Cyber-infested in truth.

After all, the tale is told by those that witness.

Silence lingers.

Scars remain.

"Guh, guh."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8K57XCD
• ISBN13: 9798996318308
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: 979-8-9963183-0-8
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"