Black Devil: Volume 1: Trapped

Allen Harrow

Oct 2025 · Allen Harrow

About this ebook

Life in Amsterville has always been rough for the mentally disturbed Paxton Youngblood, but one night would change his life forever when an ominous black cloud swarms his town out of nowhere, turning everyone it touches into horrifying monsters. After being struck by the cloud himself and gunned down during a crossfire between police and the monsters, Paxton mysteriously awakens in the morgue unscathed, only to find his town in ruins with a blood red sky and monsters of all shapes and forms trying to kill him at every corner. His only two allies are Maddy and Blue, who find themselves trapped in the town with him, trying to find a way of escape. On top of it all, Paxton finds himself psychologically tormented by an unknown entity that causes him to question his perception of reality. This is the story of a young man named Paxton Youngblood, who fights not only for his life, but his humanity as well in a world corrupted by a being those unfortunate enough to live in call the “Black Devil”.

About the author

Allen Harrow is a horror writer/digital artist who has dedicated his life to helping the broken of this world. Having succumb to severe depression at the age of 19, he found healing through God and his own writings respectively.

Harrow’s debut series, “Black Devil”; was first conceptualized as a means to vent his own anger and hatred towards the world around him; but as he found God and a community of people who helped him through the darkness, he decided to change it into a series that’s meant to help those who find themselves in darkness to find light.

Harrow’s dream is to make a positive difference to the world around him through his writings; exposing the darkness both within himself and the world around him, that light and hope may shine through it. His writings are a call to the broken towards a path of light and healing!

Brian has been writing since 2009 and has seventeen years of experience teaching Middle School English and Language Arts & Creative Writing in urban districts. He has two master's degrees, one from The Ohio State University in Education and the other from Northern Kentucky University in English/Creative Writing. Since then, he has produced five separate books, "Hurry Up, Slowly", "Life, Like", "Dark Steps", "Forgotten Sin", & his newest "Damned to Live". Brian is also a certified fiction book editor who helps authors with their structural design & copy-editing needs. Brian specializes in Horror, Science Fiction, Romance, and Fantasy Fiction as well as writings that pertain to the field of Education and Teaching. He has also written decodable readers for DK Publishing, Lerner Publishing, and Benchmark Education Company. 

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