Lurking In The Shadows: Mammoth: A Dark Horror Series About Survival, Trauma, and Monsters

This episode is part of Lurking in the Shadows: Season 1, an anthology of standalone horror stories. Each episode tells a complete story and can be read in any order. While the episodes do not share continuity, the season concludes with a brief post-credit moment that subtly hints at a larger world. The series transitions into a shared universe beginning in Season 2. Episode 1 (A short-form horror episode in the Lurking In The Shadows universe.) Something is hunting in Griffith Park.Only one person lived to tell the story.Late one night, four friends drive deep into the shadows of Griffith Park. By morning, three of them are gone. The lone survivor, Justin Walker, claims they were taken by something impossible, a towering creature with tusks, strength beyond reason, and a roar that shook the forest itself. No bodies are ever recovered. Justin is blamed. His story is dismissed. And the truth is buried beneath rumor, fear, and disbelief.Years later, the legend resurfaces when new disappearances echo the same brutal pattern. As curiosity turns into obsession, a group of teenagers begins to question what really happened that night, unaware that the forest is still watching and that some monsters never stop hunting.Mammoth is a dark, character-driven horror story that blends grounded realism with escalating dread, exploring trauma, survival, and what it means to be the only one who knows the truth. Atmospheric, unsettling, and rooted in human fear, this story asks a simple question: what happens when the world refuses to believe you?

Pagina's: 89, Paperback, Independently published