THE BELLS BENEATH US
About this ebook
At 3:08 A.M., someone always pays.
Daniel Cross thought he understood Deadtime. He thought the graves, the funeral invitations, and the impossible bells were all part of the same nightmare. He was wrong.
When people begin seeing their own future graves, receiving invitations to funerals that have not happened yet, and remembering deaths that may never come, Daniel and the others are pulled deeper into a supernatural system built on grief, regret, sacrifice, and humanity’s refusal to let go.
But the graves are not merely predicting death.
They are shaping it.
The invitations are not simply warnings.
They are asking for consent.
And the bells beneath the earth are not calling the dead back.
They are holding something far worse in place.
As Daniel, Rachel, Eira, Eli, Abel, and Mara uncover the truth behind 3:07, 3:08, the Mourning, the future graves, and the origins of Deadtime itself, they are forced to confront impossible choices, unlived lives, repeated deaths, stolen seconds, and the terrifying question at the center of it all:
How much of the living world would you sacrifice for one more minute with someone you lost?
THE BELLS BENEATH US is a dark, atmospheric supernatural horror novel filled with haunted cemeteries, funeral folklore, eerie time distortions, psychological dread, impossible futures, and a mythology built around grief, memory, love, and the consequences of refusing an ending.
Some graves hold the dead.
Some hold the future.
And some are waiting for you.
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About the author
About the Author
Allen DeKeyser is an author, storyteller, and independent publisher whose work explores the darker corners of imagination while never losing sight of the emotions that make us human. As the founder of DeKeyser Publishing, Allen has created books across a wide range of genres, including supernatural horror, psychological suspense, motivational writing, mental health, children’s stories, animal adventures, and practical nonfiction.
His fiction often centers on fear, grief, survival, memory, love, and the choices people make when faced with the impossible. Rather than relying only on monsters and jump scares, Allen enjoys building stories around atmosphere, emotional tension, mystery, and the unsettling idea that the most frightening things are sometimes the ones that feel almost believable.
In The Bells Beneath Us, Allen continues the mythology of the DEADTIME STORIES universe, combining haunted cemeteries, future graves, funeral invitations, impossible timelines, and supernatural forces with a deeper story about grief, acceptance, and humanity’s desire for just one more moment with the people we love.
Through DeKeyser Publishing, Allen continues to develop original books, series, digital products, and creative projects while building a growing catalog designed to entertain, encourage, challenge, and inspire readers.
For Allen, storytelling is more than creating characters and worlds. It is a way of exploring the questions people often carry quietly—the fears we struggle to name, the memories we refuse to lose, and the hope that somehow survives even in the darkest places.
