The Town That Lost an Hour (And the Monster That Took It)
The Town That Lost an Hour (And the Monster That Took It)
What would you do if your town lost an entire hour? Not daylight savings. Not a power outage. I mean one full hour—gone. In Briar Hollow’s Missing Hour, a small Texas town wakes up to find that time skipped from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. Phones glitch. Clocks jump. People remember strange things—but no one remembers the same thing. Some say their reflections smiled at them. Others say they heard a voice whisper, “Don’t open your mouth.” And inside the local museum, a new exhibit appears overnight: a terrifying creature called The Hourglass Stag.
This cryptid doesn’t eat people. It eats time. Its body is covered in broken clocks, glowing numbers, and cracked glass. And someone—or something—marked it as “DONATED.” That’s when Rowan and Maeve realize the missing hour wasn’t an accident. It was a payment.
As they dig deeper, they discover a terrifying truth: time can be counted, traded, and taken. And the thing behind it isn’t chaos. It’s careful. It keeps records. It watches.
If you love psychological horror, Texas legends, and stories that bend reality without loud jump scares, this book is for you. The clock is ticking… and Briar Hollow is already behind.
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