The Beast of Granite Falls

By Simon Flint

My first time writing a book.
Something ancient stalked the forests of Granite Falls. Bill Wilson knew the risks-three hikers had vanished without a trace this summer-but he brought his 10-year-old son Marty anyway. Three years after separating from his wife, this camping trip was his last chance to rebuild their broken bond. Some wounds, he thought, could only heal in the wilderness. Some silences needed the vastness of mountains to finally break. They didn't know they were being watched. Between the towering pines, where mist clung like ancient memories to the bark, a beast moved with impossible silence. It left footprints that mockingly defied explanation-massive indentations in the damp earth that made seasoned rangers turn pale and speak in whispers. The locals called it Sasquatch, Bigfoot, but names didn't matter anymore. Not here. Not now. Marty hadn't spoken more than ten words since they'd passed the WARNING: HIKERS MISSING sign at the trailhead. Bill watched his son's face in the fading light, seeing Julia's features etched in the boy's profile. The same determined set of the jaw, the same thoughtful furrow between the brows. The same stubborn silence that had grown between them like a wall since the separation. The Beast watched them set up camp, its intelligence far beyond what any human had imagined. It had waited millennia in these mountains, feeding when hunger demanded, watching as civilization crept closer to its ancient hunting grounds. But tonight was different. Tonight, it sensed something in the boy-a power, a potential, a darkness that mirrored its own. As night fell over the Washington wilderness in the autumn of 1986, the temperature dropped with unnatural speed. Marty felt it first-not just the cold, but the weight of unseen eyes. The forest had gone silent as if every living thing held its breath. Father and son would face a horror that had waited for so long, a Beast that had walked these mountains waiting, stalking, hunting for its next victim.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DWS9S1MQ
• ISBN13: 9798309197262
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"