A Wicked Thing in the Red Wagon Lurks

A gothic horror novella steeped in ancestral hunger, forbidden desire, and the blood-soaked earth of the Texas frontier.
The year is 1821 and New Spain is in twilight. An old world is crumbling, and a new one has yet to begin. Between them, a caravan departs San Antonio de Béxar under blood-red skies.
Hired to escort a mysterious Spanish Count to the Gulf of Mexico, smugglers Augustus and Virgil Walker are seasoned men—hardened by lawless years and willing to do what must be done. But their client is more than he seems. The wagons of the count are many. His silver flows freely. His rules are strict. And at the rear of his caravan trails a crimson wagon—sealed tight and forbidden to all.
As days stretch across a wilderness both physical and spiritual, their journey begins to unravel. Whispers grow. Rituals emerge. Something ancient watches from the shadows—something older than the stars. What sleeps in the red wagon transcends the uncanny.
Told with hypnotic prose and mythic weight, A Wicked Thing in the Red Wagon Lurks is a tale of forbidden knowledge and cosmic reckoning disguised as a vampire origin story. Erotic, folkloric, and unflinchingly brutal, this tale is a descent into occult lore that unearths an ugly history those in power would sooner have us forget.
There are rules on this journey. Obey them—or be unmade.