A funeral was supposed to be the hardest thing Marla and Noah Kelley faced that week.

Three days after burying their brother Eli, the two siblings return to Hollow Ridge — a trail the three of them knew as children. They’re looking for a few quiet hours away from casseroles, condolences, and a house suddenly missing someone who had always been there.

Then they hear a bell.

High in the trees sits something impossibly large.

An owl draped in bones, keys, jewelry, teeth... and tiny bells.

But the creature in the woods doesn’t simply hunt.

It listens.

It learns the voices you trust, the memories you share, and the words no stranger should ever know.

And when Eli’s voice begins calling to them from somewhere beyond the trail, Marla and Noah discover that grief can make even the impossible sound familiar.

How much of your grief would it have to imitate before you followed it?

The Bone Owl is Episode 3 of Tales from Cryptid Hollow — original dark folklore inspired by the creatures of Cryptid Hollow Studio.

Explore the creatures behind the stories and find printable coloring pages and bundles at:

cryptid-hollow-studio.myshopify.com

I really like that description because it doesn’t give away Noah’s disappearance, the clearing, the ending, or what the Bone Owl actually does. It sells the premise while leaving the nasty surprises in the episode.

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