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October 28, 2025
Can dirt be evil? Not conceptual evil that’s either moral or natural. But dank, almost ethereal malevolence comprised of sand, silt, and clay.
Lois Greene believes so. Of course, no one calls her “Lois” anymore. These days she’s Floppy Mossy, the kooky old cat lady of Jasper Mill. They claim evil came to the Mill in the summer of ‘94 with the death of little David Abrams at the summer camp. But that just shook the hive. Legends say it arrived with John Tate, the madman who plagued the town in the ‘60s. But Mossy knows better. Evil is Jasper Mill.
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It’s always been in there. Always. Right there in the dirt.
Joey Carpenter doesn’t know it, but the dirt is coming for him. At just fifteen, he’s learned what the hands of depraved men can do. It had been an innocent conversation with another gay person, another “unicorn.” Something to make him feel less alone in the world. But he awoke in the ICU, realizing it had been much darker.
Joey will escape his bigoted father. He’ll flee from the courtroom trial that threatens to publicize his secrets. He’ll run all the way to the Tennessee mountains, to Kamp Kromwell, where the dirt awaits him.