The Eris Ridge Trail

From acclaimed short story author Larry Hinkle comes The Eris Ridge Trail, a cosmic horror road trip, with dogs.
 
 
You won't find the Eris Ridge Trail on any map. You won't find the people who go missing on it, either.
 
The Eris Ridge Trail has no beginning. No end. It runs forever, connecting realities across space and time.
 
Four travelers find themselves lost on the Trail...
 
A novice reporter who learns that some shortcuts are anything but.
 
A grieving author who's reunited with his dead dog in the tunnels beneath a haunted hotel.
 
A young man who tries a new ride-share app that abandons him in the space between Nebraska and Colorado.
 
A seasoned hiker and his aging dog who discover the remains of a six-legged rodent near the sign for a trail they've never heard of.
 
Disoriented by an ever-changing landscape and hunted by otherworldly predators, can they work together long enough to find their way home, or will they fall prey to the cosmic beast that guards the Trail?

Larry Hinkle is the least famous writer you've never heard of. A copywriter living with his wife and two doggos in Rockville, Maryland, when he's not writing stories that scare people into peeing their pants, he writes ads that scare people into buying adult diapers, so they're not caught peeing their pants.

His debut collection, The Space Between, was published in February 2024 by Trepidatio Publishing. Additionally, his work has appeared in The Rack: Stories Inspired by Vintage Horror Paperbacks; October Screams: A Halloween Anthology; and The NoSleep Podcast, among others.

He's an active member of the HWA (his short stories made the preliminary Stoker ballot in 2020 and 2022); a graduate of Fright Club and Crystal Lake's Author's Journey short story and novella programs; an HWA mentee; and a survivor of the Borderlands Writers Bootcamp.