First published 2021
Ichabod Crane arrives in the village of Sleepy Hollow as the new schoolmaster, eager to begin his teaching duties and perhaps court the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel. The superstitious townspeople whisper about a ghostly rider who haunts the woods at night, a Hessian soldier who lost his head to a cannonball during the Revolutionary War. When Ichabod attends a harvest party at the Van Tassel farm, he hears more frightening stories about this specter. Walking home alone through the dark forest, the nervous schoolmaster encounters something that will change his fate forever. Kindler brings fresh life to Washington Irving's beloved story of terror and mystery, exploring how fear and superstition can consume a community.
Genres: 20th-century, mystery, horror, supernatural, 19th-century, gothic
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, supernatural-elements
Setting: Sleepy Hollow
Period: Revolutionary War
50 pages · Paperback · Independently Published