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A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed...again. Story 21: "I Dare You” Kelly and Matt grew up together in Coal Ridge and have been best friends forever. After college they went different ways, but the passing of her Dad and end of his marriage have brought them both back home. Cele-mouring...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder, where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. Story 3: "They Must Play" Some people are so strange. It isn't enough that her neighbor has a group of small decorative pig statues in her front yard but putting up a playset and staging them around it is a little much. With all...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. Story 4: "The Cage" Something hunts the people of Coal Ridge. Hank has spent decades fighting it, but with his time running out, he needed to find a way to stop it. Bruce was a lifelong screw-up until he met Hank. Who could have...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. Story 12: "The Curmudgeon" Live alone, die alone, that's David's motto. All he wants is to be left alone, but something has other plans for him. David is convinced that someone is messing with him, they're stealing lawn ornaments...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder, where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. Story 2: "Reflections" Being forced to endure a part-time job in Wooddale Park for something that was barely her fault, Sandy is trapped between her mother's lectures and the responsibilities of watching over the kids on the playground....

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again. Story 15: Unforgivable We all mess up sometimes. For most of us it's a mistake or bad decision that carries some degree of consequence. For Nick Densico, it was much, much worse. After twenty-seven years, he's returned to his hometown....

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder, where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. The Fourth of July Fireman's Festival has food, rides, and games-there is something for everyone. It is the one event that brings out the residents of Coal Ridge and brings back those, who have moved away, but when an uninvited guest...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed...again. Story 20: "No Way Out"In a small town secrets get out. Bill and Mila have been doing their best to keep their activities quiet while searching for a way to bring Emily home, but its growing apparent that more people know what's going...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge when the secret gets out, it begins to feed…again.Story 19: "Runaway"Jason Greathouse knows a little something about what's going on in Coal Ridge, if only he could get someone to listen. Tammy Watts is willing, but without evidence all she has is a conspiracy barely worthy of rag journalism.When...

A series of intertwined supernatural stories that will make you wonder, where the darkness ends and the light begins. All small towns keep secrets, but in Coal Ridge, when the secret gets out, it begins to feed... again. "Elizabeth" In December 1968, Mary Shelley Elementary in Coal Ridge lost a teacher and gained a guardian angel. A widowed schoolteacher, Elizabeth Felger led a simple life with good friends and year after year of students, she...