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  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Horror
  • Language:English
  • Pages:212
  • Hardcover ISBN:9798317837877

Where the Old Teeth Lie

Tales of Terror in the Appalachian Mountains

By Haskell Campbell

Overview

While conducting folklore research in the Appalachian Mountains, burned-out investigative journalist Edgar Sims meets Old Tom Tucker, an enigmatic hermit who shares bizarre and macabre tales and tells him of a hidden valley holding inscrutable secrets and untold treasure. Edgar's quest for quaint legends quickly descends into a reality far stranger and more dangerous than he ever imagined as he embarks on a search for this hidden valley.

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Description

Edgar Sims, a burned-out investigative journalist, travels into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, researching folklore of the mountain people and searching for new meaning in life. He meets Old Tom Tucker, an enigmatic hermit who shares bizarre and macabre stories about mysterious portals, ancient beings, and terrifying creatures that exist in the Appalachian wilderness. Tom insists his stories are true and challenges Edgar's preconceived beliefs on the nature of reality and the origins of human civilization. Tom wagers a hidden valley exists where Edgar will find hard evidence to support his outlandish claims, as well as untold treasure and answers to his life questions. Edgar's quest for quaint legends quickly descends into a reality far stranger and more dangerous than he ever imagined as he embarks on a search for the hidden valley. What he discovers will blow his mind and change his life forever. Get ready for a mountain adventure, featuring unique characters, unexpected twists, immersive atmospheres, cosmic mystery, psychological dread and lots of laughs.
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About The Author

Haskell "Hack" Campbell was born in 1960 and grew up in the mountains of East Tennessee. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and a Master of Divinity Degree from Duke Divinity School, graduating magna cum laude. He is also a certified Master Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master. He has experience working in the fields of nuclear submarine and advanced missile system design and construction. He also served as an Ordained Minister in the United Methodist Church for twenty years. Haskell brings together a unique combination of scientific knowledge, theological training, and holistic healing arts, as well as a lifelong love of horror and science fiction to his writing. Haskell's previous writing experience involved technical writing and theological essays. WHERE THE OLD TEETH LIE is his first fiction novel, inspired by the tales told to him by his great-grandparents and great-aunts and uncles, who were born in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Recently retired, Haskell likes to spend his free time gardening, woodworking, and watching the variety of wildlife that lives around his secluded mountain property, which he lovingly refers to as Spirit Falls.
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