Snow Dragon: Episode X

An 10-part horror serial

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A mythical monster has awakened beneath Deer Falls following an earthquake. Can the Duggan family destroy this vicious and lethal predator before it drives the sleepy Colorado town to extinction? 

Snow Dragon is a prequel to Pandora Reborn — my debut horror novel released in 2018. All 10 episodes of this horror novella are available exclusively to paid subscribers of my Strange New Worlds newsletter or patrons of my Patreon page.

Check back each Sunday for the latest episode through the end of September.

I | II | III | IV | V |VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | Epilogue

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Ominous words adorned a handmade wooden sign standing outside the cavern’s entrance. Evan’s eyes trailed over the letters scrawled in cracked and peeling paint on the wood planks. He pinched his lips together and drew in a sharp breath. His nerves had already tied his stomach in knots. A roughly hewn sign bearing a warning only heightened his smothering trepidation.

TURN BACK OR PERISH

Evan didn’t have the luxury of fleeing from this ordeal like the sign demanded. Nor did anyone else who accompanied him up to this hidden part of Silver Fork Canyon. Deer Falls would never be safe until they killed the so-called snow dragon.

“How can you be so certain this is the right spot?”

He glanced over at Leeds and flashed an annoyed frown at the deputy.

“New evidence points to this cavern being the creature’s lair,” Evan said. “Fresh tunnels from our latest survey trace from the canyon floor back to this area.”

Leeds answered him with a reluctant nod and a cautious sigh.  

“I hope you’re right,” he said. “11 people are dead or missing since this thing showed up. This needs to end before it grows even worse.”

Evan glanced skyward. No clouds obscured the pale blue sky from the towering mountain peaks out to the valley below.

“Our plan will work,” He forced a confident smile on his lips. “Trust me.”