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Palmetto Boy
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Expected 24 Mar 26
She thought she’d escaped the monster that tormented her family decades ago…
Alane is determined to give her 12-year-old son, Ray the stable childhood she didn’t have. After moving into a new apartment, Alane works two jobs to make ends meet, leaving Ray alone in the evenings. Ray loves his new independence, but soon that love turns to fear as he begins to hear strange sounds from the attic crawl space. Doors slam where there aren’t any. Something is chewing a hole in his bedroom ceiling.
Long-buried memories of an old family tale surface, a monster Alane and her little brother called Palmetto Boy. Alane must confront the creature that has haunted her for years and destroy it for good—before it rips away her son and the future she’s fighting to build.
Palmetto Boy is a novel about the inescapable legacy of family folklore and the risks we take to keep those we love safe.
Alane is determined to give her 12-year-old son, Ray the stable childhood she didn’t have. After moving into a new apartment, Alane works two jobs to make ends meet, leaving Ray alone in the evenings. Ray loves his new independence, but soon that love turns to fear as he begins to hear strange sounds from the attic crawl space. Doors slam where there aren’t any. Something is chewing a hole in his bedroom ceiling.
Long-buried memories of an old family tale surface, a monster Alane and her little brother called Palmetto Boy. Alane must confront the creature that has haunted her for years and destroy it for good—before it rips away her son and the future she’s fighting to build.
Palmetto Boy is a novel about the inescapable legacy of family folklore and the risks we take to keep those we love safe.
269 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication March 24, 2026
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About the author
D.A. Jobe
2 booksA lifelong horror fan, D.A. Jobe read The Exorcist way too young and got caught watching Kolchak: The Night Stalker from behind the couch when she should have been in bed. Today, she still loves all things scary and writes about monsters — both the supernatural and human kinds, post-apocalyptic worlds, and sharp-toothed, misshapen things that chomp down on our hearts and never let go.
D. A. Jobe’s short fiction appears in Found 2: More Stories of Found Footage Horror, Monstrous Futures: A Sci-Fi Horror Anthology, and Bodies Full of Burning: An Anthology of Menopause-themed Horror. She is also the author of Palmetto Boy (March 2026, Timber Ghost Press).
She lives with her husband, twin boys, and dog in Virginia.
Check her out online at https://dajobeauthor.wordpress.com/
D. A. Jobe’s short fiction appears in Found 2: More Stories of Found Footage Horror, Monstrous Futures: A Sci-Fi Horror Anthology, and Bodies Full of Burning: An Anthology of Menopause-themed Horror. She is also the author of Palmetto Boy (March 2026, Timber Ghost Press).
She lives with her husband, twin boys, and dog in Virginia.
Check her out online at https://dajobeauthor.wordpress.com/
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