#morsel

@carterkeane’s Morsel is a folk horror debut about learning to bite back when the world is determined to eat you alive. Here’s what it’s about:

Lou did what the children of parents with backbreaking, poorly paying jobs are supposed to do: pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office gig with coworkers who won’t stop talking about their multilevel marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment. When Lou accepts a property appraisal assignment in the rural hills of Ohio, she knows it's her last chance to save her job and keep making rent. But she quickly finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with a sabotaged truck, her dog, and someone—or something—stalking her through the ancient Appalachian woods. If she can’t escape the woods in time, she’ll see firsthand that her job isn’t the only thing that wants to eat her alive.

Morsel by Carter Keane (April 14, 2026)

The Blair Witch Project meets The Ritual, with a generous helping of The Menu, in Morsel, a delicious folk horror novella perfect for fans of T. Kingfisher, Cassandra Khaw, and Paul Tremblay.

Lou did what the children of parents with back-breaking, poor paying jobs are supposed to - pulled up her bootstraps, went to college, and got an office job with coworkers who won’t stop talking about their multi-level marketing scheme disguised as self-betterment.

Determined to lift her ill mother out of poverty before it's too late, and in the spirit of climbing the corporate ladder, Lou accepts an assignment in the rural hills of Ohio. She quickly finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with a sabotaged truck, a dog she’s determined to keep safe, and something stalking her through the ancient Appalachian woods.

If she can’t escape the woods in time, she’ll come face to face with the fact that her job isn’t the only thing that wants to eat her alive.

2026 reads / storygraph

Morsel

folk horror novella

an agender person trying to maintain her office job after taking time off due to her mother’s illness takes an assignment in rural Ohio

but quickly finds herself stranded, with the sense that something or someone is chasing her and her dog

another morsel for another project thatll never see the light of day (ba dum tss)

MORSEL (a tasty delicacy; a tidbit) - Composition Tuesday

Picked up from the library new purchases. In Morsel, Lou is desperately clinging to their soul-killing email job with a real estate company, where they're on the brink of being fired. Lou's boss promises them one last chance on a solo property assessment job—deep in the Appalachian woods, where something sinister is stirring...

-{ can.we.keep.talking.while.i.wait.for. Them.to.come? }

-.-. .- -. -

-{it’s.so.quiet.}-

…. . .-.. .--.

-{it.feels.like.my.every.movement.is. Echoed.back.at.me}-

-.-- --- ..-