I Fish the Dead: The Well’s Secret
I Fish the Dead: The Well’s Secret

I Fish the Dead: The Well’s Secret

Thriller 3 Chs Completed 1 Views
Author: Margaret Henderson
About
Table of Contents

Synopsis

I was born in the muddy arms of a river that nearly killed my family—and now, I make my living pulling secrets from the water’s depths. When a desperate, wealthy client lures me to a decaying Southern mansion with a haunted past, my forbidden family trade becomes a curse I can’t escape. An ancient well that refuses to be sealed, staff who vanish, and a daughter haunted by something no one else can see—every step closer to the truth brings me face-to-face with the darkness the river never gave back. The stench of death, the chill of old chains, and the eyes of the dead follow my every move. Am I here to lay old ghosts to rest—or is the river finally calling me home?

You may also like

The Pond Eats Those Who Dig
The Pond Eats Those Who Dig
4.9
Some warnings are more than old wives’ tales. When seven-year-old Mason glimpses eerie green eyes in the town’s forbidden pond, his grandfather’s fear turns their home into a fortress of superstition and dread. But nothing can stop Carter Dean—a city slicker with a million-dollar contract and a hunger for secrets—from digging deeper, no matter the cost. As family greed and outsider ambition collide, ancient rituals and whispered threats resurface, unleashing a terror that won’t stay buried. When the line between the living and the dead is crossed, will Mason’s family survive the night—or become the pond’s next secret? What really lurks beneath the surface…and who will be left to tell?
Fed to the Fish: Campus Justice
Fed to the Fish: Campus Justice
4.9
Death doesn’t stay buried at Brantley College. When a campus koi pond turns into a gruesome crime scene, a lowly security guard stumbles onto a chilling secret: every dead fish is stuffed with human flesh. The authorities scramble for answers, but the trail leads not to a missing person, but a student no one dares to mourn. Lucas Frost—rich, untouchable, and rumored to have destroyed a girl who wouldn’t give in—vanishes without a trace. As rumors twist and justice is denied, suspicion falls on the one woman with nothing left to lose: the murdered girl’s mother. But when airtight alibis and campus silence block every lead, the investigation spirals into a web of power, revenge, and betrayal. Who really fed Lucas to the fish—and what will the truth cost those left behind? At Brantley, even justice has a price. Will anyone pay it?
His Dead Wife Waits in Our Bed
His Dead Wife Waits in Our Bed
4.9
When a haunted widower begs for help, a streetwise tarot reader must confront the furious ghost of his wife—risking everything to break the curse before it claims them both. But the dead don’t let go easily, and one secret could doom them all.
Heirless: The Catfish Queen's Revenge
Heirless: The Catfish Queen's Revenge
4.9
Revenge isn't always loud—sometimes it simmers. When a six-fingered woman loses her adopted daughter to the ruthless Whitaker dynasty, she finds her child dead and discarded, fueling a vendetta that cuts deeper than any blade. Armed with nothing but grit and a food cart, she charms the town—and the powerful Harrison Whitaker—into letting her inside their fortress of secrets. But beneath every flirtation and every perfectly sliced fish lies a hidden agenda: to make the Whitakers pay for every stolen life and broken promise. As the mansion fractures under her rising influence, and forbidden alliances threaten to explode, one question remains: when the past is weaponized, can any of them survive the reckoning to come?
Everyone Here Is Dead But Her
Everyone Here Is Dead But Her
4.9
Death isn’t the end in Maple Hollow—it’s where secrets begin. Stripped of his power, a young exorcist scrapes by in a haunted mountain town, helping locals with petty hauntings and living in the shadow of his mentor’s mysterious death. But when two desperate spirits beg him to save their daughter—possessed and chained in a ghost-filled town—he’s forced to face an evil that blurs the line between the living and the dead. With a vengeful ghost as his only ally and a preacher whose faith runs deeper than blood, the exorcist must unravel the mystery behind a girl who feeds on his blood and a town where everyone but her is dead. As dawn breaks and the shadows shift, he must decide: can he save the innocent, or will he join the ranks of the haunted? When every ghost wants mercy, who dares to be the reckoning?
Buried Alive by My Childhood Friends
Buried Alive by My Childhood Friends
4.7
Twenty years ago, Caleb and his friends sealed the mayor’s grandson inside a forgotten well—and swore never to speak of it. Now, as developers threaten to unearth their secret, his old friends turn on him, trapping him in the same well to keep the past buried. Betrayed, tortured, and left for dead, Caleb claws his way back for revenge, ready to make them pay for every scar.
Brother, Who Did You Bury?
Brother, Who Did You Bury?
4.9
Death was only the beginning for Silver Hollow’s wildest souls. When Big Mike dies with a drumstick in his mouth, it sets off a chain of betrayals, heartbreak, and supernatural reckonings no one saw coming. Nate—once the town’s troublemaker, now a preacher—wrestles with his own salvation as old friends turn into enemies and secrets bubble up from the grave. A stolen treasure, a cursed envelope, and a relentless manhunt force the narrator to choose between loyalty and survival. But when a portal to hell opens, the true cost of brotherhood—and the real identity of the preacher—will be revealed. In a world where redemption has a price, will any soul make it out whole? Or will Silver Hollow’s ghosts claim them all?
She Returned, But Not Alone
She Returned, But Not Alone
4.9
A mother’s worst nightmare begins when her eight-year-old daughter vanishes into the depths of Blackwater Lake—only to return weeks later, silent, cold, and pregnant with something that should not exist. As the town of Maple Hollow closes ranks and ancient whispers resurface, the truth behind generations of missing men, haunted waters, and the forbidden Lake God Chapel comes crashing into the present. Secrets unravel, family bonds are tested, and the line between human and monster blurs as the mother races against the rising tide of superstition, betrayal, and supernatural revenge. In a town where the lakes keep their dead and every answer breeds a new horror, how far will a mother go to save her child—and what will she become to do it? When the fire rises and the curse breaks, who will survive the final reckoning in Maple Hollow?
Dead Man’s Office: The Corpse Scandal
Dead Man’s Office: The Corpse Scandal
4.6
I thought middle management in the Afterlife would be boring—until a viral ghost forum dragged the Old Corpse of Pine Hollow into Sam Walker’s crosshairs. Now, with the toughest enforcer in the underworld found dead and my team one mistake from annihilation, I’m scrambling to hide the truth before the next headline is my obituary. In the Afterlife, one wrong move and even a Reaper King can get erased forever.
Last Catch: I Survived the Angler Killer
Last Catch: I Survived the Angler Killer
4.9
‘People make the best bait.’ That’s what the killer said, and now Marty—the last victim to make it out alive—can’t shake those words. In a small Midwestern town where fishing is life, a string of disappearances has shattered the peace, turning anglers into prey and friends into suspects. As fear infects every riverbank and diner booth, Marty finds himself caught between suspicion and survival, desperate for answers while old bonds are tested and secrets surface. When even the sheriff is out of leads, and the group chat whispers, ‘What if the killer is one of us?’, Marty must risk everything to uncover the truth before someone else vanishes. But with every line cast and every trust betrayed, the real question is—will he catch the killer, or become the bait once again? Who’s really hiding behind the next big catch—and what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
My Dead Wife Lives in Our House
My Dead Wife Lives in Our House
4.9
After her father vanishes, Lillian Harper inherits his strange small-town antique shop—and his secret supernatural business. When a desperate, wealthy client begs her to solve the chilling mystery of his haunted mansion, Lillian is drawn into a family riddle where one room—and one soul—shouldn’t exist. The truth will force her to risk everything, even her own sanity, for a shot at finding her missing dad.
Buried for Him, Bound by Death
Buried for Him, Bound by Death
4.9
Death was only the beginning—now I’m stuck in the afterlife’s endless line, desperate for a second chance. Forced into a ghost marriage and buried alive, my spirit lingers, tethered to the world by the wish for justice. When a wild bouquet leads rookie detective Quinn Harper to my lost grave, he becomes bound to my fate by a single broken bone. As Quinn investigates the tangled secrets of Maple Heights and my family’s hidden betrayals, every revelation draws him deeper into a web of lies, love, and vengeance. Can the truth set my soul free—or will the living and the dead both pay the price for what happened thirty years ago?