THE HOLLOW ABOVE THE CLOUDS

In the town of Ashgrove Hollow, tucked so deep in the mountains that the fog rarely lifts before noon, people dont talk about the ones who vanish. Not because they dont remember them, but because remembering has always come at a cost.
For years the disappearances have been explained away — a hiker who lost the trail, a runaway who never wanted to be found, a family that simply moved on without saying goodbye. The sheriffs department stopped investigating a long time ago. The town stopped asking why.
When a journalist and a private investigator arrive separately, each chasing a different lead, they find themselves pulled into the same unraveling thread. What starts as two isolated cases becomes something far larger: a pattern stretching back decades, hidden beneath the towns postcard charm and buried under snow that never quite melts. Every local they speak to seems to know more than they say. Every door they knock on closes a little faster than the last.