Where The Pines Bleed: A Gripping Folk Horror Mystery

By Shane Ironwood

Private Investigator Walker knows what it means when the woods take someone. So when his surrogate son vanishes in the fog-drenched Appalachian town of St. Jude, Walker expects a standard, ugly cover-up. What he finds is a slaughterhouse.

For a century, the town's elite have hidden behind a sprawling land trust, feeding runaways to a subterranean hive mind in exchange for unnatural prosperity. But the true nightmare begins when the Department of Defense rolls in, determined not to burn the infected woods, but to weaponize the soil.

Blending gritty supernatural noir with a relentless government conspiracy, Where the Pines Bleed is a visceral thriller that proves some monsters don't wear masks-they grow right out of the dirt beneath your boots.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H6VLJSMW
• ISBN13: 9798184731575
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"