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Coal Drop Christmas Epilogue
26 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Epilogue
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Coal Drop Christmas Epilogue
Home, Ten Years Later The hum of David’s truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was familiar, a steady rhythm that had always marked the journey between the city and home. The late spring air was cool, and the sky above Pittsburgh still held a faint blush from the afternoon sun as he glanced at the GPS,Read More
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by Nate Walton
December 26, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 10
24 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 10
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 10
A New Beginning in Ashford Hollow The air was crisp with that bite only the depth of winter could give, and the snow that had lingered for weeks now glimmered under the soft afternoon sun, hardened into glistening sheets of ice over the hills and the winding streets of Ashford Hollow. David pulled the heavy garage door of his workshop open, wincing slightly as the cold bit at his fingers. Even though the sun was high in the sky, the winter chill settled deep into the bones, reminding him that no amount of work or determination could entirely banish theRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 24, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 9
23 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 9
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 9
New Year’s Eve: The Coal Drop Main Street in Ashford Hollow glowed under strings of multicolored lights, lanterns swinging gently in the brisk winter air. Snow crunched softly beneath boots as families, couples, and children, bundled in scarves and mittens, converged for the town’s largest celebration of the year. The scent of pine mingled with woodsmoke and hot cocoa, and the faint sounds of bells, laughter, and a distant brass band gave the street a hum of life that David hadn’t realized he’d missed so much.He adjusted the scarf around his neck and glanced at Joan, who was helping JadeRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 23, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 8
19 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 8
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 8
The Coal Drop Countdown The week between Christmas and New Year’s in Ashford Hollow moved with the kind of pace that left David in a constant blur of activity, his hands perpetually dusted with glitter, tape, or bits of wire. Snow still lingered on the rooftops, and the streets glistened in the pale sunlight, butRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 19, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 7
16 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 7
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 7
The Spirit of Forgiveness The morning was it’s usual crisp self, the kind of cold that made every breath visible and painful and every step leave a temporary imprint in the snow. David had spent the early hours helping his mother organize Christmas cards, stacking them neatly by street and route. The house was quiet except for the soft clatter of dishes and the occasional scratch of a pen.He’d just finished making a cup of tea when a knock at the door startled him. Frowning, he went to answer it and froze when he saw Regan standing there. She looked…Read More
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by Nate Walton
December 16, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas-Chapter 6
12 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas-Chapter 6
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Coal Drop Christmas-Chapter 6
Rumors and Regrets The sun was just climbing over the ridge when David slid the truck into his mother’s driveway. The storm had passed eventually, leaving a crisp, white blanket across the streets of Ashford Hollow. Icicles hung like delicate crystal ornaments from eaves and power lines, and the snowplows had left neat furrows along the roads. Everything looked calm, peaceful, and deceptively quiet.Inside the local diner, David could already hear whispers before he even walked through the door. Small towns had a peculiar way of turning anyone’s good deed into a gossip worthy story. Someone had noticed the truckRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 12, 2025
05 Dec
3 Sisters Cover Reveal
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3 Sisters Cover Reveal
A vicious, haunting collection of extreme and psychological horror. From 3 sisters battling the monstrous legacy left by their father, to a man devolving into his own delusions, to teachers, bosses, lovers, and ghosts who carve and claw their way into the bodies and minds of their victims, and the reader, these stories explore theRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 5, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 4
05 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 4
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 4
Ghosts of the Past The Christmas craft fair in Ashford Hollow has always smelled like pine needles, glue guns, apple cider and nostalgia. The high school gym is packed wall to wall with booths: hand-knit scarves, hand-made candles, homemade fudge, wood carvings of coal miners, eagles and angels. It’s the kind of event my mom used to drag me to when I was a kid, promising we’d “just look.” We always left with two bags of things we didn’t need and three slices of Miss Mary’s pie, something we always needed.Now, walking through it again as an adult, it feelsRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 5, 2025
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 3
02 Dec
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 3
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 3
Christmas Lights and Small-Town Nights I never thought in a million years I’d find myself standing in the middle of Main Street again, holding a spool of electrical wire while snow drifted through the air like ash. The cold here has a different kind of bite: dry, mineral, carrying the smell of coal dust even though the last mine shut down decades ago. Somehow, the air remembers what we had tried to forget.Carol stood just ten feet away, her gloved hands busy testing bulbs along the string of Christmas lights that would be draped across the coal-drop platform. She wasRead More
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by Nate Walton
December 2, 2025
28 Nov
Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 2
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Coal Drop Christmas Chapter 2
Old Scars, New Snow The morning came slow and gray, the kind of Pennsylvania winter light that never quite wakes up, just kinda stumbles into the day, right out of bed. I stood at the kitchen window with a cup of tea, staring out over the narrow street as snow drifted down in lazy spirals.Read More
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by Nate Walton
November 28, 2025
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