Quiet horror. Strange beauty.

Novel

Quiet Bloom (Stonebound Book 2)

Some secrets are buried in stone. Others claw their way out.

Synopsis

Hoping to mend what Duswood left fractured, Elias Thorn brings Vincent Granger and Mira Thorn to visit his sister’s family in the fog-choked town of Marrowick. Nestled among cliffs and rain, the village feels untouched by time, but something beneath its stillness has begun to stir.
Inside Holt House, the walls breathe, the sea air tastes of decay, and Mira’s cousin Emily has begun to change. Every emotion within the home feeds the thing growing inside.
What begins as a family’s unraveling becomes an awakening. A bloom spreads through wood, flesh, and memory, drawing the living toward its patient rhythm. In Marrowick, even love can rot.

Novel

Hollow Stone (Stonebound Book 1)

Some secrets are buried in stone. Others claw their way out.

Synopsis

Something lurks from the swamp. The creek runs dry overnight. And no one can explain what attacked the pizzeria after closing.
In the worn-down town of Duswood, four teens stumble into a mystery older than the rocks beneath their feet. Strange patterns are forming in the woods. Shadows move where they shouldn't. And something, or someone, is bending the rules of the natural world.
The deeper they dig, the less sense it all makes. But the signs are clear: whatever has awakened in the swamp is hungry, haunted, and bound to something far worse.

Short Story Collection

Static Between the Trees

Time falters. Shadows linger. Stories decay.

Synopsis

In this haunting collection of quiet literary horror, N.B. Cross explores grief, memory, and the strange beauty of decay. These surreal, emotional short stories echo with quiet dread... where time falters, childhood slips away, and something ancient stirs between the trees.