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Sleepy Hollow

A tale of the Headless Horseman

Badmus Gbams

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Out October 24, 2026

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Sleepy Hollow by Badmus Gbams, the book cover: a headless rider with a glowing pumpkin lantern on a foggy road under bare trees

Some legends ride on long after the story ends.

A Hudson Valley village in fog at dusk Ichabod Crane, seen from behind, walking down the lane with a book under his arm

In a fog-wrapped Hudson Valley village,

schoolmaster Ichabod Crane

has his eye on the wealthy Katrina Van Tassel

and a head full of ghost stories.

Brom Bones, a broad silhouette leaning on a post

His rival, the swaggering Brom Bones,

wants her too

and knows exactly how to use Ichabod’s fears against him.

A lit barn at night, a horse tied at the gate, the road running into the trees

After a harvest party,

Ichabod rides home

alone

The road through a tunnel of bare trees at night

and meets the rider

every local whispers about:

The Headless Horseman galloping past with a glowing pumpkin lantern held out

the Headless Horseman.

The same road at grey dawn, the fog lifting A riderless horse standing on the road A trampled hat in the mud The pieces of a shattered pumpkin

By morning, all that’s left is

a riderless horse,

a trampled hat,

and a shattered pumpkin.

Ride the hollow road yourself.

Pre-order on Amazon
Sleepy Hollow by Badmus Gbams, the book cover

Sleepy Hollow

A tale of the Headless Horseman · Badmus Gbams

Pre-order on Amazon

Out October 24, 2026

“Atmospheric, eerie, and impossible to put down.”
The Hollow Valley Review
“The horseman rides straight into your nightmares.”
Lantern Books Weekly

About Badmus Gbams

Badmus Gbams writes horror rooted in folklore and the quiet places where old stories refuse to die. He lives in Mississippi, where the river fog does half the work for him. Sleepy Hollow is his third novel.