The Hole of Dark Kill Hollow
“About the only thing the hole wouldn’t fix was death...”
That's the first line from my short story "The Hole of Dark Kill Hollow," which appears in the wonderful new anthology from Candlewick Press, edited by the amazing Nora Shalaway Carpenter and featuring the work of 14 other incredibly talented writers!
Set in the Shawangunk Mountains of upstate New York, this #queerhorror story is about two teenage best friends, Jesse & Tyler, who confront their deepest fears when they visit a sinister pit in the woods that has the power to “fix” what is most broken about them, but at a price that may be too high to pay.
Featured in THE DANCING BEARS: Queer Fables for the End Times, coming from Lethe Press in March, 2024.
© 2019 Rob Costello