Step Into the Stories of April May Burnside

Some storytellers write tales.
April May Burnside opens doors.

Her books don’t simply ask you to read - they ask you to wander deeper, listen closer, and feel the echo of worlds that linger just beyond ordinary life.

Shadows of the Ozark Howler

In the quiet wilderness of the Ozarks, the past is never really gone.
Told through haunting journal entries and slow-burn dread, this novel pulls you into a mystery where folklore feels dangerously real. The deeper the characters search for truth, the more the forest refuses to let them go. It’s eerie, atmospheric, and unforgettable.

Muddy Water Crawl: Arkansas Fables and Lore

A lantern light. A dark river. Legends waiting beneath the surface.
This collection gathers Arkansas ghost tales, creature lore, and back-woods mystery - stories that feel like they were whispered around campfires for generations. Each page invites curiosity, wonder, and the strange thrill of not quite knowing what’s out there.

Monte Ne – The Rising

There is a city beneath the water - and it remembers.
Set around the drowned ruins beneath Beaver Lake, this story blends history and supernatural suspense as the past begins to rise again. It’s haunting in the best way: a reminder that some places hold secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Where Curtains Fall

An abandoned theater. A missing friend. Shadows that refuse to be only shadows.
This noir-flavored mystery pulls you into a world of dust, echoes, and unresolved truths. Every hallway feels like it’s keeping a secret. Every clue leads somewhere you didn’t expect. It’s suspenseful, cinematic, and beautifully eerie.

Stars over Antioch

A poetry collection for anyone who has carried grief - and grown anyway.
These poems speak softly about memory, generational weight, love, loss, and healing. They don’t promise that everything becomes easy - but they show how light still finds its way through the branches.

Tell It to the Stars

This book becomes less a love story and more a farewell spoken gently to the past.
It moves like a memoir - reflective, aching, and honest - tracing the memories of someone who loved deeply and now has passed on. Each chapter holds gratitude, grief, confession, and quiet release, like a eulogy whispered upward where the stars might hear.

Highly Scientific Record

Not all stories live in shadows - some happen in messy bedrooms and chaotic school hallways.
Told in a journal-style voice full of humor, awkward moments, and everyday disasters, this teen novel is funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. It captures what growing up really feels like: confusing, embarrassing… and kind of wonderful.

Why readers connect with April’s work

Across genres - folklore, mystery, poetry, supernatural, and heartfelt fiction - one thread ties everything together:

her stories remember where we come from
and ask who we might become.

They feel rooted in place.
They honor memory.
They invite curiosity, courage, and compassion.

Whether you love spooky mountain legends, emotional poetry, slow-burn suspense, or heartfelt coming-of-age - there is a door here waiting for you.

And once you step through, you may not want to leave.