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Deadwood
In Deadwood, Georgia, something is alive…and it shouldn’t be.
When a storm topples a two-hundred-year-old black walnut, known by locals as the Deathwood Tree, third-generation woodworker Billy Harlan sees only good lumber and a way to keep his family’s struggling business alive. But when he begins to mill and shape the ancient wood, something stirs beneath the grain.
Whispers. Shadows. Faces that shift where no faces should be.
And as orders for Billy’s Deathwood furniture begin pouring in, the wood’s eerie beauty draws attention from far beyond Deadwood’s borders…and begins to consume more than just his time. What starts as craft becomes obsession. What was once creation becomes something far darker.
His wife Emma Jean and their daughters watch as the man they love slowly disappears behind the undeniable pull of the wood, drawn deeper into the strange heartbeat of the tree that should have never been saved.
Because in Deadwood, Georgia, the past doesn’t rest quietly. And some things were never meant to be touched.
“It’s just wood.”
A chilling Southern Gothic tale of faith, obsession, and the things we create that might one day become sinister masters over us.
Fans of Stephen King, H.P Lovecraft, and T. Kingfisher’s Southern horror will feel right at home, and deeply unsettled…in Deadwood.
About the Author
Ricky Fitzpatrick is an American storyteller whose work explores the quiet collision between faith and fear, grace and decay.
Known for his authentic Southern voice and cinematic detail, he writes about small towns where beauty and horror often live in the same house, and where ghosts wear the faces of ordinary people.
From the slow-burning mystery of The Last Supper Club and its sequel Second Helpings, to the Sci-Fi world of Life Not Ours and the unsettling depths of Deadwood, Fitzpatrick's fiction is bound by a common fascination with human frailty, moral tension, and the strange, spiritual gravity of the South.
Drawing comparisons to authors like Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Stephen King, his stories reveal a world that is at once sacred and sinister, rooted in red clay and haunted by memory. His characters aren't villains or saints, but the people caught somewhere in between, trying to make sense of mercy in a world that doesn't seem to offer much of it.
An award-winning songwriter, and a lifetime woodworker and craftsman, Ricky brings an artisan's eye to his writing. And each story is built with the precision of a handmade table, the rhythm of an old hymn, and the weight of something that might outlast the hands that made it.
He lives with his family and writes in rural North Georgia, where the pine trees hum like telegraph wires and every back road becomes a pathway to another story.
You can learn more and join the family and all the fun over at www.rickyfitzpatrick.com.
When a storm topples a two-hundred-year-old black walnut, known by locals as the Deathwood Tree, third-generation woodworker Billy Harlan sees only good lumber and a way to keep his family’s struggling business alive. But when he begins to mill and shape the ancient wood, something stirs beneath the grain.
Whispers. Shadows. Faces that shift where no faces should be.
And as orders for Billy’s Deathwood furniture begin pouring in, the wood’s eerie beauty draws attention from far beyond Deadwood’s borders…and begins to consume more than just his time. What starts as craft becomes obsession. What was once creation becomes something far darker.
His wife Emma Jean and their daughters watch as the man they love slowly disappears behind the undeniable pull of the wood, drawn deeper into the strange heartbeat of the tree that should have never been saved.
Because in Deadwood, Georgia, the past doesn’t rest quietly. And some things were never meant to be touched.
“It’s just wood.”
A chilling Southern Gothic tale of faith, obsession, and the things we create that might one day become sinister masters over us.
Fans of Stephen King, H.P Lovecraft, and T. Kingfisher’s Southern horror will feel right at home, and deeply unsettled…in Deadwood.
About the Author
Ricky Fitzpatrick is an American storyteller whose work explores the quiet collision between faith and fear, grace and decay.
Known for his authentic Southern voice and cinematic detail, he writes about small towns where beauty and horror often live in the same house, and where ghosts wear the faces of ordinary people.
From the slow-burning mystery of The Last Supper Club and its sequel Second Helpings, to the Sci-Fi world of Life Not Ours and the unsettling depths of Deadwood, Fitzpatrick's fiction is bound by a common fascination with human frailty, moral tension, and the strange, spiritual gravity of the South.
Drawing comparisons to authors like Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Stephen King, his stories reveal a world that is at once sacred and sinister, rooted in red clay and haunted by memory. His characters aren't villains or saints, but the people caught somewhere in between, trying to make sense of mercy in a world that doesn't seem to offer much of it.
An award-winning songwriter, and a lifetime woodworker and craftsman, Ricky brings an artisan's eye to his writing. And each story is built with the precision of a handmade table, the rhythm of an old hymn, and the weight of something that might outlast the hands that made it.
He lives with his family and writes in rural North Georgia, where the pine trees hum like telegraph wires and every back road becomes a pathway to another story.
You can learn more and join the family and all the fun over at www.rickyfitzpatrick.com.
103 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2025
About the author
Ricky Fitzpatrick
28 books3 followersRicky Fitzpatrick is a lifelong Southerner, storyteller, and award-winning songwriter whose roots run deep in red clay and gospel truth. With a voice steeped in Georgia pines and a pen dipped in Southern Gothic ink, he weaves tales where secrets simmer just beneath the surface.
"The Last Supper Club" is his latest venture into the heart of small-town mystery, where faith, folklore, and fireflies collide. He currently resides with his family in rural Northeast GA in the unincorporated community of Apple Valley.
"The Last Supper Club" is his latest venture into the heart of small-town mystery, where faith, folklore, and fireflies collide. He currently resides with his family in rural Northeast GA in the unincorporated community of Apple Valley.
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