The Black Pathway - Part One (Special Edition)

In Howard Trenton's case, he may well be the first truly 'inhuman' serial killer to have ever walked the Earth...

The Black Pathway Trail is a thirty mile walk that starts in the dying coastal town of Coldsleet, and which crosses moorland, cuts through forest, and scales two mountain peaks. A hike along the Black Pathway can be highly dangerous at the best of times, but when a young, sadistic serial killer begins to prowl the trail, then that walk becomes absolutely deadly...

'The Black Pathway Trail' introduces Howard Trenton, a disturbed and unhinged serial killer, who believes himself to be an alien/ human hybrid, born from a strange and mysterious attack on his mother that occurred almost twenty years earlier. When a bright and vibrant young woman called Mary comes to share Howard's home, he is instantly attracted to her... but hell is unleashed when she spurns his advances, leading to a dramatic and terrifying hunt, high up on the 'The Black Pathway Trail'...

This special edition also contains the dark comedy 'The Dead Winter Mountains - Part One: Stephen'.

They say that Stephen Hartley is one of the United Kingdom's worst serial killers... perhaps... but he's definitely the most nerdy.

When the body of a woman is found buried in a peat-bog near Scarr Mountain, a police investigation quickly unearths many more grim discoveries in the surrounding area. Soon, their number one suspect is in custody... a geeky, squeamish, anxiety-ridden cry-baby with a passion for model trains, golf, bad sci-fi movies, nerdy pod-casts, soft rock ballads, Albanian underground techno, and hideous home-made pizza's.

Welcome to the world of Stephen Morris Hartley, AKA 'The Slayer of Scarr Mountain'.