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The Hollowing Echoes
What if forgetting wasn’t natural—what if something was stealing memory itself?
When investigative journalist Cora Whitmore arrives in the fading town of Black Hollow, she expects dead ends and dusty rumors. What she finds is far more a place where people vanish without trace or memory, and the ones left behind begin to forget they ever existed. A town haunted not by ghosts, but by an ancient presence that devours memory, identity, and story.
As Cora digs into the mystery behind a string of missing teenagers, she uncovers a buried history of disappearances, a preacher’s forbidden journal, and a silence beneath the Appalachian soil that hungers for more than just lives—it erases the very idea that someone was ever alive. When even her sister forgets who she is, Cora must fight to hold on to herself and rewrite a truth powerful enough to endure.
The Hollowing Echoes is a supernatural psychological horror novel steeped in cosmic dread, investigative suspense, and Appalachian folklore. Perfect for fans of The Silent Corner, The Fisherman, or House of Leaves, it explores the terror of vanishing from both the world and the minds of those you love.
When investigative journalist Cora Whitmore arrives in the fading town of Black Hollow, she expects dead ends and dusty rumors. What she finds is far more a place where people vanish without trace or memory, and the ones left behind begin to forget they ever existed. A town haunted not by ghosts, but by an ancient presence that devours memory, identity, and story.
As Cora digs into the mystery behind a string of missing teenagers, she uncovers a buried history of disappearances, a preacher’s forbidden journal, and a silence beneath the Appalachian soil that hungers for more than just lives—it erases the very idea that someone was ever alive. When even her sister forgets who she is, Cora must fight to hold on to herself and rewrite a truth powerful enough to endure.
The Hollowing Echoes is a supernatural psychological horror novel steeped in cosmic dread, investigative suspense, and Appalachian folklore. Perfect for fans of The Silent Corner, The Fisherman, or House of Leaves, it explores the terror of vanishing from both the world and the minds of those you love.
122 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 16, 2025
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January 26, 2026
This was the first story I read by Philip Stengel. I wasn't sure what to expect. I went into this story blind. I will tell you for a 122-page story it felt like I was in there a lot longer. Trapped almost.... kind of like the story (IN A GOOD WAY).
My rating would be a 3.75.I was little confused in the start, but then the story picks up and you aren't sure what is going to happen next.
I have some more stories to read by Philip and can't wait to dive in.
My rating would be a 3.75.I was little confused in the start, but then the story picks up and you aren't sure what is going to happen next.
I have some more stories to read by Philip and can't wait to dive in.
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