The Disappearing of Three Forks

By: K.L. Patrick

Narrated by: Daniel LaRiviere

Deep in the Cumberland Mountains awaits an evil and Three Forks, Virginia is at the center. An old legend merges with a being beyond human comprehension, and Silas Sword has fallen face-first into it.

Evicted from his apartment, and fired from his job as a detective, he is forced to return home to Three Forks, where he finds his parents brutally murdered. Silas is pulled into the local police to help investigate. As things unfold, he finds a mysterious cabin that morphs with each visit. Add in a mysterious blue mist, and a freak snowstorm, and you have a recipe for disaster.

An account written in Silas' own hand has been released on the urging of the government. The supernatural is real, and it can't be hidden any longer.

Just prepare yourself for the darkness within, as the veil is pulled back, bringing forth a world beyond our understanding, a world we can't escape. The world of Silas Sword.

©2025 K.L. Patrick (P)2025 K.L. Patrick

Critic reviews

“They say you can never go home… K. L. Patrick makes good on that sentiment. Cryptic messages and gruesome imagery combine with an honesty that hits home in the most uncomfortable of ways in The Disappearing of Three Forks, making it a whirlwind of a read.” - L. Marie Wood, author of The Open Book Universe

Creepy!

Strange things are happening in the small town of Three Forks, and Silas Sword is plunged headfirst into it when he faces the brutal double murder of his parents. But no human could’ve done this and the truth is far darker than he’s prepared to accept.

The deeper he digs into his parents’ deaths, the more the investigation shifts from procedural to profoundly supernatural.

Atmospheric and suspenseful, this is a creepy blend of cosmic horror and Appalachian secrets that does a good job of balancing personal grief with existential terror. Fans of small-town supernatural horror will eat this one up!

excellent narrator

loved the narrators voice. book was well written and narrator was easy on the ears I recommend this book

Crime noir meets cosmic horror

The Disappearing of Three Forks is what happens when crime noir collides with cosmic horror and I loved every second of it.

The introduction explains that the story was taken from Silas’s journals (and is set in the 70s) so I’m hopeful we’ll get more stories from his world.

Silas Sword returns to his hometown after being fired from his detective position only to find his parents murdered. From there everything unravels: secrets, strange symbols, and that creeping sense that something much darker is pulling the strings.

Patrick’s writing is clean, visual, and fast. It’s gritty and grounded one moment, then slips straight into the uncanny the next, and he balances both so well. The pacing never lets up; the cryptic details kept me hooked, and the story packs a serious punch!

The narrator does a great job with the tone and pacing of the book.

Horrors unleashed

Silas Sword is returning to his parent's home in Three Forks after losing his job as a police detective. Instead of a warm welcome, he stumbles upon a gruesome discovery and his whole world is turned upside down. His parents have been murdered and he is soon embroiled in a supernatural horror that might mean the death of an entire town.

It took me a while to get invested in this book for some reason, but it ended up being a wild ride, full of terrorizing monsters and humans involved in something that should never be unleashed. The book is told in the form of journals written by Silas and I hope that the author continues his adventures in future books.

The narrator did a great job and his performance added a lot to the book.