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Writer of the strange, the surreal, and the deeply unsettling.

Welcome to the shadows between thought and reality. I'm Shantay Nicole Ballard, creator of The Unknown and other works that dive headfirst into the psychological horror that lives just beneath the surface of the everyday. My stories explore the fragile boundary between what we trust and what we fear, combining eerie realism with reality-bending terror.

Each tale I write is an invitation to question the world around you, to walk a little slower through familiar places, and to wonder what if something is watching?

If you're drawn to fiction that lingers in your mind long after the last page, you're in the right place.

Step carefully. The Unknown is waiting.

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Monsters by S.N. Ballard

When Jake and Olivia pull into a desolate roadside diner for a quick midnight coffee, they expect nothing more than caffeine and pie. But the stranger who enters — a silent figure with a covered face and dead eyes — shatters the illusion of safety. What begins as unease spirals into a nightmare of abduction, terror, and a brutal revelation about the things that lurk in the dark. In the shadow of neon lights and long-forgotten highways, Jake and Olivia learn the monsters of the world don't just hide under the bed — they hunt and wait for the right moment to feed off of their prey.

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