<p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Eldritch terrors, cosmic gods, and dark magic collide in this collection of nine short occult cosmic horror stories and novelettes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Dive into the first major publication by autistic author Bert S. Lechner and explore the macabre and surreal atmosphere he captured within these pages. All part of a single universe of terror, each story in this collection explores a different facet of a modern world plagued by eldritch monstrosities.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Included in this collection you will find stories such as:</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The Wall</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">&nbsp;- in which a man notices a small detail on a wall in his house for the first time, and unwittingly draws the attention of a malicious entity from beyond the stars.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The Orchestra</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">&nbsp;- the tale of a conductor, seduced by the promises of a malign being, who steps upon the stage to conduct the symphony of a lifetime.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">White Noise</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">&nbsp;- a story of a man beset by a strange buzzing sound that draws him into a face to face encounter with an unspeakable nightmare.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">His Castle Crumbles</strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">&nbsp;- in which a desperate man seeks the affirmations of his Patron as his life collapses around him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">Read these stories, and others, for yourself, but beware the madness and unfathomable terror that lurks within those dread pages ...</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(15, 17, 17, 1)">The Roots Grow Into the Earth consists of nine of Bert S. Lechner's previously published works, including three stories available as standalone eBooks on Amazon Kindle: Interstate, the Wall, and Joanne's Vault.</span></p><p><br></p>