If It's the Birds, We're in Trouble

by L. Marie Wood

Something's wrong in Rothwood.

Morgues are overflowing. Social media is rife with conspiracy theories. Neighbors can't be trusted. And the animals aren't acting the way they should...

Part epistolary saga, part apocalyptic nightmare, IF IT'S THE BIRDS, WE'RE IN TROUBLE by L. Marie Wood, a Bram Stoker®, Golden Stake Award-winning author, offers readers a case file of disturbing clues that lead to a horrific discovery, inviting the best and bravest to turn its pages and accept its challenge.

165 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication June 5, 2026

About the author

L. Marie Wood is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is the recipient of the Golden Stake Award for her novel The Promise Keeper, as well as the Harold L. Brown Award for her screenplay Home Party. Her short story, "The Ever After" is part of the Bram Stoker Award Finalist anthology Sycorax's Daughters. Wood was recognized in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 15 and as one of the 100+ Black Women in Horror Fiction. Wood holds an MFA in Speculative Fiction from Southern New Hampshire University and serves as the Director of Curricula for the Diverse Writers and Artists of Speculative Fiction (DWASF.org). She is also the Director of the horror track for MultiverseCon.

Visit lmariewood.com to learn more.