{"product_id":"the-black-dog-a-folk-horror-tale-9798286039265","title":"The Black Dog: A Folk Horror Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Allison Woods\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026amp; Mythology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Black Dog: A Folk Horror Tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Allison Woods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour men. One plan. One house in the middle of nowhere.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey came for treasure.\u003cbr\u003eThey left behind death.\u003cbr\u003eAnd unknowingly... they brought something back with them.\u003cbr\u003eWhen a group of armed robbers breaks into a rural pastor's home in the middle of the Texas countryside, they think it'll be simple: get in, steal the cross, and disappear into the night. But in less than an hour, everything goes wrong.\u003cbr\u003eThe old man is dead.\u003cbr\u003eOne daughter is murdered.\u003cbr\u003eThe other is taken.\u003cbr\u003eEven the family dog lies lifeless in the yard.\u003cbr\u003eAnd what these men don't realize is that their cruelty didn't go unanswered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"When cruelty is born-true, merciless cruelty, the kind that carves through bone and soul alike-something ancient stirs.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey say when a soul is severed by violence so brutal it echoes through the very fabric of the world... something takes shape. Not a ghost. Not a curse. But a reckoning.\u003cbr\u003eA shadow.\u003cbr\u003eA whisper.\u003cbr\u003eA Dog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Black Dog.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForged in injustice. Bound to pain.\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn't bark.\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn't chase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt waits. It watches.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when the moment is right-\u003cb\u003eit judges.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Black Dog\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting blend of slow-burn horror and Southern gothic folklore. Told through the fractured psyche of Nate-one of the criminals whose guilt runs deeper than blood-the novel drags you into a rural nightmare of psychological unraveling, supernatural dread, and the kind of regret that claws from the inside out.\u003cbr\u003eOne by one, they fall.\u003cbr\u003eOne by one, the Dog watches.\u003cbr\u003eIs it madness?\u003cbr\u003eOr something older than death itself?\u003cbr\u003eIf you love stories that crawl under your skin-tales of sins that won't stay buried, grief that echoes in fields of corn, and legends that don't just haunt... they judge-this is your next obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't just read horror. Feel it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDare to face the pain. Dare to meet the Dog. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuy your copy of The Black Dog today-and step into the darkness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46335559860375,"sku":"9798286039265","price":1588.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798286039265.webp?v=1768675260","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-black-dog-a-folk-horror-tale-9798286039265","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}