THE DEAD HOUR BROADCAST

On Route 9, the dead do not stay silent-and the radio knows your name.

When Cole Mercer learns that his estranged father is dying, he begins a desperate overnight drive through the mountains, hoping to reach the hospital before it is too late. But after midnight, his radio locks onto a station that should no longer exist: WLGN 1090, home of The Dead Hour Broadcast.

Its mysterious host, Brother Absalom, knows Cole's name, his destination, and the guilt he has carried for eleven years. One by one, voices emerge from the static: a drowned girl waiting beside a broken guardrail, miners abandoned beneath a flooded mountain, a school-bus driver still ringing her warning bell, and others whose stories were buried before the truth could reach daylight.

Some voices want to help him. Some want to take his place. And one sounds exactly like his father.

As Route 9 twists through impossible miles, Cole must decide which voices deserve his trust-and keep driving while something hungry follows just beyond the mirrors. Every delay may cost him his final chance at reconciliation, but every story he hears reveals another secret the mountains have refused to surrender.

The Dead Hour Broadcast: Tales from the Long Gone is a haunting standalone novel of supernatural suspense, family estrangement, buried injustice, and the difficult journey from guilt toward forgiveness. Atmospheric, emotional, and deeply human, it asks a chilling question: when a familiar voice calls from the darkness, how can you know whether it is guiding you home-or inviting you to disappear?