Frightliner and Other Tales of the Supernatural
by Colleen Drippe, Karina Lumbert Fabian
Why You'll Love This
A single encounter with a phantom truck on an empty road pulls one man into a supernatural war he can't unsee — and can't escape.
- Great if you want: compact, atmospheric horror with a blue-collar American edge
- The experience: lean and unsettling — reads fast but lingers uncomfortably
- The writing: grounded, no-frills prose that lets dread build through ordinary detail
- Skip if: you want a full novel — this is short fiction and an excerpt
About This Book
Something is following Jay Carlson down an empty highway, and after his encounter with a strange, dark truck, the world he thought he understood begins to unravel. This collection of supernatural tales explores the collision between ordinary life and forces that don't play by ordinary rules — the kind of darkness that lingers at the edges of familiar places and refuses to let go. The stakes are personal, the dread is quiet and cumulative, and the stories ask uncomfortable questions about what happens when a person stumbles into a battle older than anything they're prepared to face.
What sets this collection apart is its restraint. Drippe and Fabian trust atmosphere over shock, letting tension build through small, unsettling details rather than blunt horror. The prose stays grounded even as the subject matter turns strange, which makes the supernatural elements hit harder when they arrive. At 126 pages, the collection moves efficiently — each story earns its place — and the included excerpt from Fabian's Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator offers a tonal shift that rounds out the reading experience in a genuinely satisfying way.