The Echoes of Alex Dansen

Not every holiday is festive…

By: JJ Cruz

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The Echoes of Alex Dansen
Not Every Holiday is Festive…

Alex Dansen just wanted a quiet Thanksgiving—cheap beer, football, and a break from his dead-end job in small-town Vermont. But when a night out with friends ends in a terrifying encounter with a deranged bum who bleats like a dying lamb, Alex’s reality begins to crack.

Suddenly, nightmares bleed into daylight. Familiar places twist into haunted corridors. His reflection moves on its own. And the people closest to him are no longer entirely themselves. Something ancient is stalking Alex across dimensions, using his memories, fears, and guilt as fuel. Each clue—mysterious $100 bills, whispers in the static, black voids where eyes should be—pulls him deeper into a realm that feels eerily designed for him.

As reality unravels, Alex must team up with his no-nonsense cousin, John, to confront a force that feeds on trauma and replicates itself like a virus in the minds of the broken. But escaping the nightmare means facing the darkest parts of themselves—and what’s waiting on the other side might be worse than death.

Fans of psychological horror, dark sci-fi, and cosmic dread will devour this mind-bending thriller.
If Donnie Darko, The Mist, and Black Mirror had Thanksgiving dinner… this is what they'd serve.

"JJ Cruz packs a psychological roundhouse in this story. Your heart will pump faster, and your mind will be challenged."
—Beta Reader Review