Mountains of Smoke

Once, Rock Hill was a place of happiness. The ancient castle sat on the ledge, overlooking the river below and the old forest on the opposite banks. It infected everyone who entered it, drove them silly with admiration and awe. It was a place of happiness, where, for ten years, their child grew up and their books wrote themselves.

Then came that faithful winter, and with it...a death.

His world destroyed, the writer now sits in his study, creating his dark and horrific...
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Once, Rock Hill was a place of happiness. The ancient castle sat on the ledge, overlooking the river below and the old forest on the opposite banks. It infected everyone who entered it, drove them silly with admiration and awe. It was a place of happiness, where, for ten years, their child grew up and their books wrote themselves.

Then came that faithful winter, and with it...a death.

His world destroyed, the writer now sits in his study, creating his dark and horrific fiction. Around him, the house falls into ruin, its crumbling walls a fitting representation of his decaying sanity.Something now lives in the river below, and she serves as his muse, his inspiration. And in return, he feeds her.

Her appetite is insatiable...

Frank Duffy's MOUNTAINS OF SMOKE is a modern Gothic tale of love, loss, and obsession. Filled with beautiful and dark imagery and stunningly potent prose, it will captivate you from beginning to shocking end.

Includes two bonus novelettes: "Not the End of the Story" and "Ambiguous".