Grab a booth, order something greasy, and try not to pay too much attention to whoever’s sitting three stools down.
Welcome to The Ridge.
I’m Antonio William. I write the place. What the people in it get up to is another conversation.
The Ridge is a growing universe of dark Appalachian fiction. Family secrets. Small-town crime. People who know more than they’re saying. Things that look different once you know what happened down the road.
There are currently eleven completed stories, and I’ve just finished the first draft of its first full-length novel, Gift of Light.
I’m opening the door to more founding readers.
Your first stop is Amazin’ Grace. Each story stands on its own, but characters cross paths, places return, and a detail you barely noticed in one might mean something entirely different after another.
You never need the other stories.
They just let you see farther into The Ridge.
Here’s how the trip works: sign up through the form below, and I’ll personally email you a welcome and the link to your first read. If you enjoy it and want another road, reply when you’re ready. Founding readers read free, including early access to unreleased material as The Ridge grows.
No required ratings or reviews. No deadlines. No reading schedule.
And you’re welcome to talk to me. Tell me who you don’t trust, what you think you figured out, or which character you’d like to drag out behind Roscoe’s. I have fun with this, and I like hearing what people find along the way.
Grab a booth, order something greasy, and try not to pay too much attention to whoever’s sitting three stools down.
Welcome to The Ridge.
I’m Antonio William. I write the place. What the people in it get up to is another conversation.
The Ridge is a growing universe of dark Appalachian fiction. Family secrets. Small-town crime. People who know more than they’re saying. Things that look different once you know what happened down the road.
There are currently eleven completed stories, and I’ve just finished the first draft of its first full-length novel, Gift of Light.
I’m opening the door to more founding readers.
Your first stop is Amazin’ Grace. Each story stands on its own, but characters cross paths, places return, and a detail you barely noticed in one might mean something entirely different after another.
You never need the other stories.
They just let you see farther into The Ridge.
Here’s how the trip works: sign up through the form below, and I’ll personally email you a welcome and the link to your first read. If you enjoy it and want another road, reply when you’re ready. Founding readers read free, including early access to unreleased material as The Ridge grows.
No required ratings or reviews. No deadlines. No reading schedule.
And you’re welcome to talk to me. Tell me who you don’t trust, what you think you figured out, or which character you’d like to drag out behind Roscoe’s. I have fun with this, and I like hearing what people find along the way.
Your first stop:
https://forms.gle/eGSbS5cN485D3Y2LA
Come get comfortable.
Nobody’s asked you to turn around yet.
Antonio William