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Who's Out There

Who's Out There

Inside Marburg State Park lies the remains of Camp Southwoods, where four counselors were slain twenty-six years ago. Their murderer, Douglas Lee Carver, has become a local boogieman with a chilling nursery rhyme attributed to his name. Locals believe the now-abandoned camp is haunted.

Ranger Colt Mitcham, leader of the Ranger Rescue Unit for Marburg State Park, has no time for ghost stories. He has real-world problems to worry about - the person vandalizing the grounds, a local man who's disappeared inside the park, and making sure his team secures the park before the rapidly approaching blizzard unleashes hell across the land.

But when a member of Colt’s team is found murdered, Colt begins to wonder if the tales about Camp Southwoods are true. Has Carver returned? Or is someone else out there? Someone with an axe to grind against Colt and his team, hoping to use the urban legends as a cover for their crimes and keep what really happened at Camp Southwoods three decades ago from being exposed.

Published: February 19, 2026

Pages: 304

ISBN: 978-1958370322

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About the Author

Westley Smith
Westley Smith is the author of the thrillers Some Kind of Truth, They Came at Night, Who's Out There, and In the Pale Light. In the Pale Light landed on IngramSpark’s #1 pre-order charts in the mystery, thriller, and hard-boiled detective category.

Writing since he was ten, his first short story, “Off to War,” was published nationally at sixteen. His short stories have recently appeared in On the Premise and Unveiling Nightmares. He was the runner-up contestant in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine’s Mysterious Photograph Contest, and his short story Winter Reflections was chosen as a finalist for Crystal Lake