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Not everything that is worshipped is holy. The prayers were answered. That was the point. A barren woman conceived. A dying child recovered. A fisherman's nets came up full. For eight months the faithful came to the ancient log dredged from the Chao Phraya River, and the ancient log gave them what they asked for. Grace Pritchard arrives in Ayutthaya, Thailand to find a congregation. Forty-three devoted worshippers. A monk being consumed in real time, grateful for every moment of it. A pregnant woman carrying something that doesn't belong to her child. Three dead - faces serene, hearts simply stopped at the moment of answered prayer. The entity in the log has been feeding for centuries. It doesn't wear the face of a monster. It wears the face of something beloved. Something holy. Something people have been bringing their grief to for longer than the city above it has been a ruin. Grace has hunted the fallen before. She has never hunted one that wanted her to pray.

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R.D. Parrish is an American author whose work blends atmospheric horror, Southern Gothic melancholy, and deeply human storytelling. A Marine Corps veteran and longtime resident of the American South, Parrish draws inspiration from the quiet places-flooded fields, forgotten towns, and the heavy, humid stillness where memory clings to the earth. His debut novel, Hollow Ground, is an intimate rural-horror tale set in the fictional Mississippi Delta community of Gethsemane Parish, where relentless rain awakens an ancient, listening intelligence beneath the soil. Parrish is known for crafting horror that is slow-burning, emotional, and rooted in character-stories where fear emerges not from monsters, but from misunderstanding, grief, and the fragile ways humans try to connect. Parrish writes with a focus on atmosphere, psychological depth, and the strange beauty of the natural world. When he isn't writing, he enjoys time with his family, exploring small-town history, and working on the next haunting story set in the world just beneath our feet. He lives in the United States with his wife, De.

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