The Window In the Ground

"An immensely readable and original coming-of-age horror tale" - Duncan Ralston, author of Ghostland.\nOn the outskirts of town, hides a secret.\nIf you follow a path through the trees, read the rules (always twice) on the sign post, go up a hill and across a grassy clearing, that secret will reveal itself.\nYou see, for hundreds of years, this seemingly normal town has done its part, kept the balance.\nBut on this day, a rule will be broken.\nYou might have heard the rumors shared in whispers.\nYou may have been told about someone who’d seen it with their own eyes.
But now, on this day, you’ll join us.\nYou’ll come for a car ride and we’ll park.\nThen we’ll walk along a path, read some rules (always twice), and go up a hill and arrive at a clearing.\nAcross the grass, you’ll see just what the town’s been hiding, protecting for centuries.\nThen you’ll feel a pull.
And we’ll make our way over to it.\nOver to the window in the ground.
“I looked at the mound and could see that a light was shining up from the under, from inside the window. Something was happening below.”\nSteve Stred is the author of a number of novels, novellas and collections. He has appeared in anthologies with some of Horror's heaviest hitters.
He lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with his wife, son and their dog OJ.