The Owl

by Miles Tritle

The small town of Proudie, Indiana begins losing residents mysteriously in October 2020. When their bodies start turning up encased in strange, gray pellets, a small group of locals begin hunting for a monster they refer to as "The Owl." They must fight against the local government to bring the true threat to light and, most importantly, survive long enough to save the town.

118 pages, Paperback

Published October 27, 2023

Reviews

[Wade Johnston · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't been this frustrated with a book in a long time. The first half is great and the tension just keeps building until the author decided it'd be a good idea to kill off the main character. At basically the halfway mark. This was the ONLY character that got any development and you actually grow to like the guy. He's a reporter trying his best to let the people of this small town to stay indoors. But that all ends when he dies. I don't think the author had a plan of where to go next because it just jumps between characters we've barely seen or grown to resent for their decisions in the first half of the book. Oh one thing that REALLY got to me and the author did this many times he would mKe it seem like a character died then the next sentence will go ....or not. Then the second and third time he does this he goes" and she died...acrually no she didn't blah blah". Personally I consider this cheap and just plain old bad writing. I don't know..this really got to me for some reason and really diminished my enjoy.ent majorly.

Edited on Apr 12th for numerous typos and to clarify when exactly the MC died. Having had time to marinate this book in ma brain holes I'm just left disappointed because it started so freaking well. You can listen to this for free spread over 5 episodes of "the whispering woods" horror short story podcast if you're so inclined.