Beating Ground

The Hollowhills Cycle

by Tim Mendees

As children, a group of three boys considered the countryside around Hollowhills to be their own personal playground. They would while away the long summer days, exploring the nooks and crannies of the wild Cornish landscape until, one day, tragedy struck and one of them was lost forever. A terrible accident, it was believed, but one man has returned many years later to seek answers. What he discovers will reveal the truth about that accursed village and what lies below…

Beating Ground is a cosmic folk horror novella by Tim Mendees and the fourth book in The Hollowhills Cycle.

Includes two BONUS tales from Hollowhills!

132 pages, Paperback

First published December 10, 2024

About the author

Tim Mendees is a horror writer from Macclesfield in the North-West of England that specialises in cosmic horror and weird fiction. A lifelong fan of classic weird tales, Tim set out to bring the pulp horror of yesteryear into the 21st Century and give it a distinctly British flavour. His work has been described as the love-child of H.P. Lovecraft and P.G. Wodehouse and is often peppered with a wry sense of humour that acts as a counterpoint to the unnerving, and often disturbing, narratives.
Tim has had over eighty published short stories and novelettes in anthologies and magazines with publishers all over the world. He also has five novellas and a short story collection on sale with more coming soon.
When he is not arguing with the spellchecker, Tim is a goth DJ, crustacean and cephalopod enthusiast, and the presenter of a popular web series of live video readings of his material and interviews with fellow authors. Tim is also a co-host of the Innsmouth Book Club podcast. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove with his pet crab, Gerald, and an army of stuffed octopods.
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