"Mike Allen has long been a force in fantasy and horror. With Trail of Shadows, he's once again hit it out of the park. Beautiful prose and a haunting story combine to create a tale that will draw you in and refuse to let you go. Folk horror at its best." (Gwendolyn Kiste, Four-time Bram Stoker Award-Winning Author of The Haunting of Velkwood and Reluctant Immortals)

"Hallucinatory, charcoal-dark, populated with ghosts, demons, and spiders, Mike Allen’s Trail of Shadows is a violent fantasy-horror that pulses with atmosphere and atavistic terror." (Matthew M. Bartlett, author of Gateways to Abomination and The Obsecration)

“Trail of Shadows is a panic-laced, spider-paced, fanged beast of a horror novel, a coming-of-age in a world of monsters. Realities bleed into each other like a Dali painting as familiar landscapes yawn open into the surreal. You don’t need psychoactive substances to go tripping balls in Mike Allen’s Appalachia. All you have to do is read this book.” (C. S. E. Cooney, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death’s Daughter)

“Spry and sprawling by turns, Trail of Shadows overflows with potent action and hypnotic, horror-tinged imagery. When it comes to dream-quest acid trips, this one’s a hero dose.” (Rich Larson, Eugie Foster Memorial Award-winning author of Ymir and Changelog)

“Trail of Shadows is a fast-paced psychedelic journey through Appalachia that’s also a tender coming of age story. Allen’s hallucinatory prose sears, full of wonder and terror, and his grasp of folklore and history shines throughout this Southern Gothic-meets-Weird fiction novel.” (Craig Laurance Gidney, Lambda Award-nominated author of A Spectral Hue)

“Mike Allen’s Trail of Shadows, set in the communities that dot the Appalachian Trail, is interlaced with strands of folk horror, high fantasy, and the just plain weird, that coalesce into a singular and fascinating milieu. Reminiscent of Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John stories, this pivotal novel firmly establishes Allen’s launching pad for future literary endeavors that readers of Weird Fiction, YA Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction in general are sure to devour.” (Pete Rawlik, author of Reanimatrix)

“Allen creates a vast, intricate, and darkly imaginative world that is a chilling joy to immerse yourself in.” (A. T. Sayre, author of The Last Days of Good People)

“I’ve made no secret of how much I love Mike Allen’s first novel, The Black Fire Concerto (currently available from Ruadán Books—do yourself a favor and check it out). I was excited for Mike’s new novel, Trail of Shadows (from Broken Eye Books), and I wasn’t disappointed.

“Trail of Shadows is a tense, tight, and constantly surprising novel. A hike down the Appalachian Trail, into a realm of shadows and surreal horror. “I can’t recommend Trail of Shadows enough. It will keep you up late and it cements Mike Allen as a horror and suspense writer to keep your eye on.” (R. S. Belcher, author of The Six-Gun Tarot and The Brotherhood of the Wheel)