Urban horror by Scott Evans
Bad Wiring
Therapy didn’t work. Monsters might.
Mutt survived the war. Back home, people are vanishing from forgotten estates—and something is feeding on those the system has already written off.
The War Ended. The Damage Didn’t.
Bad Wiring follows John “Mutt” Mallory, a former 3 PARA soldier who survived combat only to return to a country that had quietly moved on without him. The streets are familiar, but something is wrong. People disappear. Doors are left open. Entire lives vanish without noise or explanation.
No one wants to discuss it and no one appears interested in asking questions. That suits the system. It does not suit Mutt.
Armed with a blade, a fractured past and instincts shaped under fire, he starts pulling at threads others are desperate to ignore. What he uncovers is more than neglect or urban decay. Something is feeding on isolation, trauma and the people society has already decided not to see.
Inside Bad Wiring
Urban Horror
Monsters rooted in estates, stairwells and quiet streets rather than distant fantasy worlds.
The Feeders
Predators that recognise the abandoned, the damaged and the people nobody will immediately miss.
A Veteran Without a Safety Net
Mutt has no team, no clean answers and no guarantee that what kept him alive overseas will work at home.
Survival Without Victory
A dark story about trauma, neglect and carrying on when every available choice extracts a price.
No Capes. No Backup. No Clean Victories.
Bad Wiring blends gritty British horror with the lasting psychological damage of war. It asks whether the monsters we fear are external threats or what grows in the gaps left behind when soldiers return home and are expected to manage alone.
This is not a superhero story. Mutt is dangerous because he has survived, not because he is invulnerable. Every step forward costs him something, and stopping is not an option.
For readers who enjoy urban horror, veteran-led thrillers and stories that refuse to sanitise the cost of survival.
The World Beyond the Novel
The creatures did not disappear when the book ended. The Monster Accord archive expands the cases, personnel files and institutional cover-up behind Mutt’s world.
Meet the Monsters Waiting at Home
The war was supposed to be the worst thing Mutt survived.