CAST & CREW

Teri Reeves

Wakes from a two-and-a-half-year coma with a thick scar down her face, no memory, and no one left who cares if she lives or dies. Broke, desperate, and grieving the fiancé she can’t let go of, Kate invokes the Draugr to bring Ben back. She thinks she’s the victim. The truth is far worse.

James Logan

Kate’s dead fiancé. In life, handsome, kind, and the one who promised to love her forever. In death, he’s ravenous, unstoppable, and not entirely the man she loved. With every body he consumes, he looks a little more alive — but what’s behind the eyes isn’t love anymore.

Amber Marie Bollinger

David’s sister. A bitter waitress at Roy’s Diner in Corsicana with a crushed ankle from the accident, a permanent scowl, and a talent for cruelty. She knows things about Kate she shouldn’t — and takes visible pleasure in weaponizing them. Sharp-tongued, fearless, and absolutely not going down without a fight.

Major Dodge

Handsome once, now just tired. Lives alone on his family’s farm with an M-16, grenades, and a conscience that won’t let him sleep. He was Ben’s best friend and Cara’s boyfriend. He knows exactly what happened that night, and he’d rather shoot Kate than face it. He loved her since they were kids — before Ben came along.

Lynn Andrews

Runs a pawn shop in Tahuacana and walked away from the crash without a scratch — self-proclaimed invincible. Relentlessly self-interested, the first to crack under pressure, and the last to admit he had it coming.

Dwight Henry

Lanky, imposing, and unsurprisingly gruff. The hospice doctor who watched Kate flatline and come back. He doesn’t do bedside manner, doesn’t have ‘doctor money,’ and doesn’t particularly like Kate. He’ll happily kick her out on the street — but he knows things about her pregnancy he chose not to share.

Gale Cronauer

A strange old gypsy of a woman who works at the hospice. The only person who shows Kate any kindness — eighty dollars and a borrowed dress. She knows the legend of the Draugr from the old country, she recognizes the red-eyed figure from Kate’s dreams, and she told Kate the story anyway. She also knows how it ends.

James Russo

A large cowboy of a Texas Ranger with a tin star, two and a half years’ worth of questions that don’t pass the horseshit test, and a strong suspicion that Kate wasn’t driving. He’s been waiting for her to wake up. Tough, stubborn, and unimpressed by the undead.

Robert Johnson

The funeral director. Stuffed into a cheap suit too small for his fat ass, with a coffin bar in his office and a talent for theatrical threats. He’ll cremate Ben’s remains and flush the ashes unless Kate comes up with five thousand dollars by close of business. This is Texas, after all.

Ed Corbin

A sleazy trucker with a bear logo on his hat, a red-white-and-blue rig, and a chrome revolver in his glove box. Offers Kate a ride and immediately tries to make it transactional. He likes to play ‘brake check’ with speeding cars on dark Texas roads. Turns out he played it on the wrong van, on the wrong night.

Amber McNutt

Blonde hair framing a beautiful smile and eyes that won’t stop staring. David’s girlfriend. She died the night of the accident — but the accident isn’t what killed her. She appears to Kate in blood-soaked visions, whispering: “Remember. Dig deeper. Keep looking. You’ll see.”

Tom Proctor

A regular at Roy’s Diner who sees more than he lets on.

Sean Sweeney

Another local caught in the crossfire of a very bad night.

Douglas Tait

An ancient entity from Gypsy legend. Ghoulish white face, a bloody mouth full of fangs, burning red eyes. It doesn’t give gifts — it makes deals. Speak the four cursed words, seal it in blood, and deliver every guilty soul before dawn. It always collects. And it always grins.