Hatched from a Chicken Egg

In the struggling Appalachian town of Brakesville, West Virginia, survival has always depended on grit, faith, and community. When jobs vanish, shelves run bare, and desperation seeps into the hollers, the Henderson family holds fast to their land, their livestock, and one another.

But when a mysterious little girl is discovered living among broken eggshells in an abandoned school bus, Brakesville’s fragile balance begins to crack.

As food disappears, fences fail, and something unseen moves through the ridge, it becomes clear that the child—Angel—is tied to forces far older and stranger than the mountains themselves. Whispers of grief, hunger, and long-buried violence awaken something that does not forget…and does not forgive.

Hatched from a Chicken Egg is a haunting work of Appalachian folk horror, blending rural realism, maternal devotion, and supernatural reckoning. Rooted in mountain myth and small-town resilience, this novel explores what it means to protect what you love—and what happens when the land decides to answer back.

Dark, atmospheric, and deeply human, this story lingers like fog in the holler long after the final page.