What Stalks The Deep by T. Kingfisher is a razor-sharp Gothic horror novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, sending the unflappable Alex Easton somewhere they’d rather not be: rural West Virginia. When an old friend, Dr Denton, begs for help locating a missing cousin, Easton is drawn into an abandoned coal mine with a long history, a “haunted” reputation, and locals who’d prefer the past stayed buried.
As Easton digs through rumours, grief, and small-town tensions, the mine’s dark workings start to feel less like superstition and more like a warning. Kingfisher blends creeping dread with wry character voice, turning claustrophobic tunnels and Appalachian shadows into a setting you can almost taste.
Perfect for readers who love eerie investigations, haunted mine stories, and modern Gothic fiction with bite—especially fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Stephen Graham Jones, and character-driven horror.
Step carefully into the depths and see what’s waiting.
