BustedKnuckles D.M.

Drilling a well should not change the woods. But after the bit punches through hollow ground beneath Scott Turner's new home, something shifts. Livestock are found torn apart but not eaten. A teenage boy vanishes. The forest goes quiet.

Cold Mouth is a rural horror novel set around a forgotten mine and the men who work the land surrounding it. When people begin to vanish and familiar routines quietly unravel, it becomes clear that something has shifted — not violently, not suddenly, but with intent.

David retreats to a remote cabin to escape noise, people, and the pressure of being observed. At first, the woods are quiet. Too quiet. Then come the small disturbances—pebbles where they shouldn’t be, bells that ring without being touched, sounds that follow without approaching. Fog begins...