Run to Ground

Jim Mcleod is on the run. He's running from his responsibilities as a father, hiding out from his pregnant girlfriend and working as a groundskeeper in a rural graveyard. He's running from a lifetime of guilt and bad decisions, but principally he's running from the murderous entities that have possessed the very ground at his feet. Jim has no idea what these entities are, but they've done unspeakable things to everyone in the graveyard and now they're hunting him down. There is nowhere Jim can hide, nowhere he can walk and nowhere he can run that isn't under the lethal power of the things in the ground. If he stands any chance of survival he must uncover the link between his murderous tormentors, three mysterious graves and an ancient heresy that stretches back to the beginning of time. Run To Ground is a tale of extreme folk horror. It opens the reader's eyes to a terrifying new breed of gods and monsters, but be warned, within these pages you'll find blasphemy, brutality and unbelievable depravity the likes of which you've never read before. Think that's too grandiose a claim? Why not put us to the test. Go on, click the 'Buy now' button, we double dare you...

Stephen Volk

"Jasper Bark is a trickster of a writer, a performer on the page. A clown that's not slipping on a banana skin, but on a pool of freshly-spilled blood."

Bob R. Milne, Beauty in Ruins

"... so compelling that you cannot look away ... one of those stories that just gets darker, madder, and more grotesque as it goes, but the final payoff is worth it."

Cory Cline, Splatterzine

"Jasper Bark - a word magician of the highest order; prepare to have your mind blown..."

Matt Shaw, author of SICK B*STARDS

"It's hard for an author to keep knocking them out of the park and yet Jasper Bark has done it again with his new book."

Jim Mcleod, Ginger Nuts of Horror

"And just when you think you have read it all, along comes horror's very own rapscallion Jasper Bark with a novella that will have you squirming with uncomfortable glee, as you reach for the sick bucket."

Jim Dodge, Mass Movement Magazine

"The death scenes in this book are tastelessly gory and perfectly wrought. You'll love the shudders Jasper Bark gives you as you read the carnage. You'll writhe in disgust as Jimmy gets what's coming to him."

Adrian Shotbolt, Beavis the Bookhead

"Whenever Mr Bark teams up with Crystal Lake Publishing, you have a pretty good idea that things are about to get messy, in the best possible way."

Tina's Bookcase

"This story is full of regret, a strange creepy fetish, ancient folklore and murder. Gruesome scenes, heart racing, suspense and a shocking ending you won't see coming. Awesome Jasper, another great read, another favorite."

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