The Frozen Pendulum

Name: The Frozen Pendulum
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ISBN: 9798235824980

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🏛 Fedora Wax 📅 2026 🌐 English 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9798235824980

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🌾 Folk Horror

📝 Description: The Frozen Pendulum

Denis Flanders understands broken things. Pipes leak, hinges seize and clocks stop. There is always a reason, and usually a tool to fix it. Then he finds a 1952 Ordnance Survey map showing a village north of Cardiff, Wales, that the modern maps say it doesn't exist. Determined to prove them wrong, he sets out through Fforest Fawr in search of Llan-y-Niwl. Beyond the trees, a poisonous fog closes around him. The village is still standing. The pub is open. The residents are waiting. And every clock has stopped at 11:56. With every road leading him back to the same place, Denis has four frozen minutes to discover what happened to Llan-y-Niwl on 6 December 1952-and repair the clock that has held the village captive ever since. But some things stop for a reason. The Frozen Pendulum is a supernatural horror novella perfect for readers who enjoy British folk horror, ghost villages, time loops, cursed objects, historical mysteries, atmospheric Welsh settings and ordinary heroes trapped in impossible places.

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Denis Flanders is a man who knows how to fix things, but when a mysterious 1952 map leads him into the fog-shrouded Welsh woods of Fforest Fawr, he stumbles upon a lost village trapped in time. Every clock in Llan-y-Niwl is permanently frozen at 11:56, leaving Denis with only four relentless minutes to unravel a dark historical mystery before the loop resets. Fedora Wax crafts an eerie, atmospheric tale that leans heavily into British folk horror and unsettling isolation. Rather than relying on cheap shocks, the story builds a creeping dread through its trapped setting and uncanny townsfolk. It is a haunting, tightly paced read that will especially captivate fans of atmospheric ghost villages, cursed objects, and ordinary heroes thrust into impossible situations.

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Denis Flanders is a man who knows how to fix things, but when a mysterious 1952 map leads him into the fog-shrouded Welsh woods of Fforest Fawr, he stumbles upon a lost village trapped in time. Every clock in Llan-y-Niwl is permanently frozen at 11:56, leaving Denis with only four relentless minutes to unravel a dark historical mystery before the loop resets. Fedora Wax crafts an eerie, atmospheric tale that leans heavily into British folk horror and unsettling isolation. Rather than relying on cheap shocks, the story builds a creeping dread through its trapped setting and uncanny townsfolk. It is a haunting, tightly paced read that will especially captivate fans of atmospheric ghost villages, cursed objects, and ordinary heroes thrust into impossible situations.