The Valley of Almost True Things

From the authors of The Battle for Christmas: Reign of the Nutcrackers and Escape From Browns Island comes a collection of thirteen short stories: nine from their newsletter and four published for the first time. This is their homage to the Ohio Valley—the version on the map and the version the map leaves out.

In this valley along the Ohio River, the mills mostly closed, but the strangeness only grew.

This collection includes short stories of all shapes, colors, and dimensions, where ordinary people walk blindly past the uncanny every day. Some stories are funny, some are eerie, some are quietly tender. Stories where murals come to life. Tales where church bells ring from nowhere. Mysteries where tunnels are misplaced, leading to unimaginable places.

All of them belong to a valley that is more than mills and hills, one that remembers more than it lets on, one that keeps its secrets close until someone goes looking.

The next time you go out, watch a little bit closer, pay attention a little harder, and you’ll find enchantment is hiding (or lurking) just beneath the surface.