The Waters turned Black

A sweltering July heat. A dying mother. A desperate son. A darkness that demands a host.

Long before Juniper Scott inherited the weight of the mountain, a different tragedy was quietly unfolding in the suffocating woods of Draper's Ridge.

Nineteen-year-old Jeremiah Jennings is running out of time. A chronic illness has taken hold of their isolated cabin, and his mother's health is fading fast with every passing day. Out of options, Jeremiah is willing to do the unthinkable to buy her more time-even if it means listening to the terrifying whispers coming from the other side. 

But some prayers are answered by monsters.

Deep within the heavy summer shadows of the Appalachian brush, an ancient malice is hunting for a doorway into the world of the living.

When the dark entity finally comes for Jeremiah, it offers a choice that will alter the fate of the mountain forever.

Discover the chilling catalyst of the generational war in The Waters turned Black, the unmissable prequel novella to the hit Southern Gothic series Black Branches of the Willows - a 5 book series!