All small towns have secrets, but most small-town secrets don’t try to kill you…

Reeling from a string of brutal murders in the small Appalachian town of Harper Pass, Brooks Raker and friends try to put the horrors of the summer behind them but soon realize their nightmare is far from over. The evil they thought they vanquished remains as unburied as their dead friends.

With the unsettling return of Margo Combs and rumors of a mysterious woman inhabiting the woods, the Markland X Crew is bracing for horrors that are sure to test their will to survive. Even old alliances can’t be counted on to save them this time as Detective Holt is consumed with his own set of problems.

Assuming the mantle of Interim Police Chief, Detective Holt attempts to leave the tragic events of the summer behind, but an unusual disappearance, strange happenings in Grief Hollow, and a horrifying discovery threaten to pull him back into the darkness.

With time running out to fend off disaster, is the emergence of a critical new ally enough to spare the town from its fate, or are some curses too strong not to be sated with blood?

Early Praise for Ghosts of Grief Hollow:

‘There is a disquieting unease that weaves itself beautifully throughout ‘Ghosts of Grief Hollow’ making it a book not to be missed. Haunting prose with a story to match, Burgess brings us a new nightmare to fear and gives us sleepless nights!’
— Ross Jeffery, Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Tome, Juniper, and Only the Stains Remain

"Effortless and organic and eminently readable. That rare story that dares you to keep turning pages." — Jonathan Edward Durham, Bestselling author of Winterset Hollow, Indies Today Award winner for Best Book of the Year

"...an unflinching fairytale of the very grimmest and darkest sort that will leave you convinced magic is no fiction confined to the page." — Cassondra Windwalker, Author of Hold My Place and Idle Hands

“Intense and entertaining, this action-packed thriller tests the boundaries of not only friendship, but of an entire town…(It) kept me reading late into the night, flipping ever faster as it built to the climactic ending. It's been said sequels are hard-pressed to live up to the first one, but Ghosts of Grief Hollow proves that theory wrong. Five stars and counting!” — Charly Cox, Bestselling author of All His Pretty Girls, The Toybox, Alone in the Woods, and The Devil’s Playground

"Textured with vivid detail, Shawn Burgess builds and expands upon his debut novel in Ghosts of Grief Hollow, weaving a tale that is as delightful as it is dark. Combining small-town charm with the warmth of summer adolescence to lull the reader into a false sense of safety, Burgess then drops us all off a cliff and down into the ghastly horrors that lurk underneath. If The Tear Collector is The Godfather, Ghosts of Grief Hollow is The Godfather: Part II, equal parts beautiful and heartbreaking. What Burgess has done here cannot be understated. Quite plainly, he has penned an It for a new generation." — B.C. Lienesch, Author of The Woodsman and Country Roads

"'Ghosts of Grief Hollow' has a ton of emotions, lots of dark, dreadful scenes and a group of kids who'll fight for each other, no matter what! So happy to have returned to Shiner's Gorge!" — Steve Stred, Splatterpunk Nominated Author of Sacrament, Incarnate, and Mastodon.

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