Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Review: The Clearing of Travis Coble

The Clearing of Travis Coble The Clearing of Travis Coble by Jonathan Janz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Clearing of Travis Coble is a suspenseful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ short horror story from what I can only assume is the very twisted 😁 mind of Jonathan Janz.

Twenty years ago Travis Coble was acquitted at trial of murdering his family, but there are still many who question his innocence. Struggling university professor Dick Myers sees an opportunity to help both Travis and himself by finding a way to clear his name and publishing an article about the case. He arranges to meet Travis at his remote Tennessee cabin for an interview... where things go sideways in a hurry!

Coming in at about 40 pages, The Clearing of Travis Coble is not a long tale, but Janz does a marvelous job of establishing an uncomfortable setting with his descriptions of the cabin and surrounding environment, and with the increasing tensions evident in the interactions between Myers and Coble. His excellent pacing carries us along as Myers and we realize that there is something very wrong here.

Very enjoyable!

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