Pine Lake

A family holiday. A quiet camp. A figure watching from the trees. When the Cooper family arrives at Pine Lake, it feels like the perfect escape: cabins under tall pines, children racing along the docks, sunlight glittering across the water. A place that seems to breathe nostalgia. A place that feels safe. But Pine Lake has rules. Traditions. And a bell that rings every evening at seven. Locals shrug it off. Camp regulars pretend not to notice. Yet Ryan Cooper sees the way the owner watches the treeline. He hears the drunk who insists something has changed. And his daughter Sophie keeps spotting a tall, unmoving figure across the lake—one that vanishes the moment anyone else looks. As the week unfolds, Pine Lake's friendly surface begins to crack. Someone is missing. Something is listening. And the woods across the water are no longer just woods. Because Pine Lake has a history. And it has been waiting. A slow-burn, atmospheric horror novella about family, folklore, and the things that watch from the dark. Perfect for readers who crave creeping dread, eerie lakeside mysteries, and horror that lingers long after the final page.