Dark Side of the Holler

Dark Side of the Holler

Short Fiction

Sleepy Creek

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Waylon Graves
Jun 16, 2026
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A chipped and faded green sub compact Ford rattled down a narrow road where deer stood on the asphalt like they owned it. Every few hundred yards another one steps from the tree line to stare blankly into the headlights.

“The town was established in 1860 as a rail stop and post office,” Bex Beaumont said into the recorder app on her phone. “Population so…

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