The Phantom Stag of Silverpine Forest

🌲 Story Pitch: THE PHANTOM STAG OF SILVERPINE FOREST

Tagline: Some legends protect. Some haunt. And some are calling your name.

🌫 Short Summary:
The wind moved low through Silverpine Forest, sighing over ancient trunks like a warning too old for words. Tall, dark trees stood like watchful giants, their knotted branches heavy with secrets. Mist crept close to the ground, curling around mossy stones and ferns, lending everything a ghost’s touch.

Seventeen-year-old Elias Thornwell stepped carefully over gnarled roots, his breath fogging in the chill air. His mind buzzed with half-remembered tales, stories his grandmother once told by hearthlight — stories of the Phantom Stag.

The legend was older than Silverpine’s oldest families: a gleam of silver between the trees, the eerie clatter of antlers on stone, and then… nothing. Vanishing. For over a century, no one had claimed to see it. Some whispered the stag was a guardian spirit, born of leaf and moonlight. Others swore it was a curse, a remnant of old betrayals that still festered beneath the forest floor.

Elias didn’t know what to believe. All he knew was something was waiting in the depths of Silverpine. And this morning, with the forest holding its breath around him, he felt it calling his name.

🦌 Why authors will love to finish this novel:

🌙 A richly woven tale full of folklore, eerie beauty, and the question of whether legends are meant to protect or destroy.

🖤 Follows a thoughtful, questioning young protagonist drawn into a mystery far larger — and older — than himself.

✨ Perfect for fans of The Scorpio Races, The Hazel Wood, or The Secret History of Witches — stories that live where myth tangles with reality.

📚 Starter package includes:

✔️ A gorgeously atmospheric first chapter steeped in forest lore and quiet suspense.

✔️ Character notes and thematic sparks (heritage vs. personal destiny, nature’s slow vengeance, the bittersweet allure of chasing the unknown), plus sensory details that breathe life into every shadow.

✔️ Entirely yours to grow into a haunting, timeless fantasy under your own name.

💷 Price: £49.99