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For The Dead is Malevolent

TR Kerby and I are honored, surprised, and thrilled to announce For the Dead made Malevolent Dark’s Horror Fiction Top 25 July 2025 Edition.

Every grave whispers a secret, and in Elkhorn, those secrets have led Toby and Christian to a deadly crossroads of murder, ghosts, and dark rituals. In a battle against evil forces beyond control, they must risk everything to discover if love can conquer the haunted past.

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For the Dead by DJ Davis and TR Kerby. The image shows a shadowy figure in a misty graveyard.

In the novel, Toby Maddox is a cemetery mapper, which is a real job—or in her case, a career. She uses copper rods in the ancient technique of dowsing to locate lost graves. So how does the graveyard mapping gig work?


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