As children, a group of three boys considered the countryside around Hollowhills to be their own personal playground. They would while away the long summer days, exploring the nooks and crannies of the wild Cornish landscape until, one day, tragedy struck and one of them was lost forever. A terrible accident, it was believed, but one man has returned many years later to seek answers. What he discovers will reveal the truth about that accursed village and what lies below…Beating Ground is a cosmic folk horror novella by Tim Mendees and the fourth book in The Hollowhills Cycle.Includes two BONUS tales from Hollowhills! Tim Mendees is a horror writer from Macclesfield in the North-West of England that specialises in cosmic horror and weird fiction. A lifelong fan of classic weird tales, Tim set out to bring the pulp horror of yesteryear into the 21st Century and give it a distinctly British flavour. His work has been described as the love-child of H.P. Lovecraft and P.G. Wodehouse and is often peppered with a wry sense of humour that acts as a counterpoint to the unnerving, and often disturbing, narratives.Since breaking onto the scene in December 2019, Tim has had over seventy published stories in anthologies and magazines with publishers all over the world including Eerie River Publishing, HellBound Books, Lovecraftiana Magazine, and Madness Heart Press. His critically acclaimed debut novella, Burning Reflection (Mannison Press,) is currently available on Amazon. He is also the project leader and twisted mastermind behind the Jack The Ripper and Cthulhu Mythos mashup anthology, 13 Victims (Black Hare Press.) His novelette, Carpe Detritus (Black Hare Press,) releases on May 15th.This year will see Tim release several stand-alone books, including the short story collection, The Pseudopod That Rocks The Cradle (Mannison Press,) and the novellas, Spiffing (Red Cape Publishing) and The Creeping Void (Eerie River Publishing.)When he is not arguing with the spellchecker, Tim is a goth DJ, crustacean and cephalopod enthusiast, and the presenter of a popular web series of live video readings of his material and interviews with fellow authors. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove with his pet crab, Gerald, and an army of stuffed Deep in the heart of Bodmin Moor lurks the isolated mining community of Hollowhills, a place of myth and superstition. Below the mines that give the village its name are a series of natural caves that snake deep into the earth. Unbeknown to outsiders, Hollowhills is home to more than just miners and their that are older than that should not be.Welcome to Hollowhills. We hope you enjoy your stay

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