Ozark Reapers by F.K. Sterling is now available on Amazon (published 2026, Ozark Lore Books).
In the shadowed hollows and fog-choked ridges of the Arkansas Ozarks, something ancient is harvesting more than livestock.
Ozark Reapers delves deep into one of the region's darkest and least-explored legends: the silent, faceless entities known to locals as the Reapers. For generations, farmers and hunters have whispered of tall, hooded figures moving through cornfields and timber at dusk?taking what they want and leaving behind only perfect circles of flattened crops, strange footprints, and an overwhelming sense of being watched.
Drawing from eyewitness accounts, suppressed sheriff's reports, and oral histories passed down through mountain families, F.K. Sterling connects these modern sightings to older tales of harvest-time disappearances, mutilated animals, and the eerie "Bobbys" that emerge from the corn. Are these beings extraterrestrial, interdimensional, or something far older that has called the Ozarks home long before European settlers arrived?
From remote cattle mutilations with surgical precision to children who vanish near full moons only to reappear changed, Sterling examines the pattern: something is reaping in these hills, and it doesn't follow human rules. The corn never truly dies here?it simply waits for the next cycle.
Blending rigorous fieldwork, regional folklore, and unflinching speculation, Ozark Reapers is a chilling continuation of Sterling's exploration of the unexplained in America's most mysterious inland range. Perfect for readers of *Alien Harvest: The Ozark Connection* and anyone who has ever stood at the edge of an Ozark field at twilight and felt that unmistakable chill.
The harvest is coming. And it's been coming for a very long time.