Four Before Dawn

Burrowed deep within the vast forests of Northern West Virginia, with the stunning backdrop of soaring mountain vistas, rural Shelby County is the absolute epitome of Mother Nature at its finest.  It is also the last place on earth you would ever expect to find pure evil. Four Before Dawn delivers a collection of four chilling novellas, all centered in the charming and picturesque setting of Shelby County. In "Kirby's Confession" a teenage girl walks into the Shelby County Sheriff's office, with a stunning admission concerning her involvement in a series of unsolved murders. This story begins with Kirby writing out her confession to authorities, however, as she recounts this disturbing tale, the climactic finale delivers a shocking twist that no one will see coming."The Group" centers around the members of a small group therapy session, with each individual harboring a very dark past.  As the small town of Mountain's Edge buckles down in the wake of a severe snowstorm, a new member is introduced to the group. This young man unwittingly holds the key to a long-kept secret that connects each of them.  Before this ominous day is over, a barrage of devastating skeletons from the past will be exposed, drastically altering the lives of each member of the group and changing their world forever. Perched on the highest peak of Shelby County, a remote area known as "Blackstone Mountain", there stands an ancient and haunted stone mansion.  This story immediately unfolds to reveal the abusive life of one small boy and the unimaginable atrocities that he suffers at the hands of his guardians in York Manor. The story of Blackstone Mountain not only chronicles the violent abuse of this child, but it also traces back to more than a century and a half earlier, to where the presiding evil of York Manor originated.                "Something Happened" is set in the small rural community of Big Pine Grove, West Virginia, where a young mother awakens to find her newborn twins have gone missing.  As this troubling story immediately makes national headline news, local police quickly begin a list of prospective suspects.
 While the rest of this tight-knit community rallies around the heartbroken young mother, one unstable citizen, harboring a dark secret, will shut herself off from the rest of the town.  After several days of anxious searching for the missing babies, this story eventually reaches a stunning climax that will once again make national headline news.