Hollow Ridge Press
Southern Appalachian Cryptid Files
Hollow Ridge Press
Southern Appalachian Cryptid Files
Some stories were never meant to leave the mountains.
Welcome to the official archive for The Southern Appalachian Cryptid Files, a folk-horror fiction series from Hollow Ridge Press. Explore leaked case files, regional anomalies, Warden Division fragments, and things moving through the Blue Ridge fog.
Warden Division Notice
Archive access limited
If a transmission instructs you to leave the marked trail, do not respond.
Case File Archive
Recovered investigation records
The following files remain accessible despite repeated deletion attempts by the Warden Division archive system.
SACF-014
Black Lantern Signal
Repeated sightings of lantern lights appearing along abandoned mountain roads during dense fog conditions. Multiple witnesses disappeared after attempting to follow the signals into wooded terrain.
SACF-027
The Bridgewalker Files
Sightings cluster near old bridges, flood markers, and isolated crossings throughout the Southern Appalachian corridor.
Warden Division Personnel File
Subject File
J. Anthoney
Recovered Personnel Notes
Southern Appalachian Field Archivist
J. Anthoney is attached to the Southern Appalachian Regional Archive as a contracted field archivist specializing in oral accounts, folklore patterns, and unexplained incident documentation throughout Southwestern Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, and Western North Carolina.
Recovered notes reference isolated hollows, abandoned logging roads, wandering lights, missing-time events, and entities associated with bridges, ridgelines, and floodwater crossings.
Archive Warning
If a transmission instructs you to leave the marked trail, do not respond.
Welcome to the Warden Division archive.
If you are reading this, then you have already encountered material the public was never meant to access.
The Southern Appalachian corridor contains active anomalies, restricted zones, and entities whose existence remains officially denied.
Orientation Protocols
Remain on marked trails
Numerous incidents begin after subjects leave established roads or paths in pursuit of lights, voices, or movement in the fog.
Do not respond to unidentified transmissions
Repeating radio calls, familiar voices, and emergency signals have been linked to multiple disappearance cases throughout the region.
Trust local warnings
Mountain communities often possess generational knowledge regarding places that should be avoided after dark or during fog events.
Final Advisory
If something in the mountains knows your name before you speak it, leave immediately.
Reading Order
The Southern Appalachian Cryptid Files
Begin with the Warden Division archive, then follow the full novel sequence as the investigation expands from isolated sightings to a larger Appalachian mythology.
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