The Woods Around Carters Lake
by M. J. Konevich
Category: Fiction

Eppie 2004 Finalist-Best Horror Fiction! Father Randall has enjoyed quiet walks around Carter's Lake for nearly twenty years-blissfully unaware of the turmoil brewing just beneath the lake's cool surface-a turmoil that threatens to engulf him and the town. Determined to discover the threat, he begins a search through the town's history, only to learn that not everything is as peaceful as it appears. As he digs deeper and deeper, Father Randall exposes layers upon layers of dark secrets, and when he finally discovers what is lurking around Carter's Lake, it might already be too late. Sometimes the past is best left buried. . .