The Disregarded

By Devin Smith

Twenty-three years ago, Michael Mercer disappeared into the woods outside Morrowpine.
His best friend ran from what happened.
Now the past has found him.
When Shane Harper receives a mysterious package containing a cassette tape, an old brass key, and a newspaper clipping from the week Michael vanished, he is drawn back to the small town he swore he'd never see again.
But Morrowpine remembers.
Paths appear where none should exist. Clocks stop at 8:43. The dead walk through an abandoned orchard. And among the trees, a man in a gray coat watches Shane uncover secrets the town has spent decades pretending not to see.
Michael hadn't simply disappeared.
He had discovered something.
Something old.
Something that feeds on grief, isolation, and the memories people would give anything to forget.
As Shane follows the trail his friend left behind, he must confront the night that destroyed his life and a terrifying truth buried beneath Morrowpine for generations.
Because some things aren't forgotten.
They're disregarded.
THE DISREGARDED is an atmospheric supernatural horror novel about grief, friendship, memory, and the things that remain when we refuse to face the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDLL56R6
• ISBN13: 9798191588612
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"