Beyond the Fork

Every year, eight friends leave their ordinary lives behind for a long weekend in the Colorado mountains.

Same forest. Same laughter. Same traditions.

This year begins no differently.

There's fishing and too much food, drinks around the campfire, old stories, bad decisions, and enough camping gear to survive considerably longer than anyone intends to stay.

It's the kind of weekend they've done before, the kind where phones are forgotten, meals become events, and the biggest disaster should be a can of peas tossed into a campfire.

But beyond their campsite, a narrow road disappears deeper into the forest before splitting at an unmarked fork.

Strangers pass through. Small details begin to feel less ordinary. And somewhere between the laughter around the fire and the darkness beyond its glow, the weekend becomes something none of them expected.

In a place where roads twist through miles of Colorado wilderness, sometimes the most important question isn't where you are.

It's what lies beyond the fork.

Beyond the Fork is a character-driven wilderness mystery about friendship, chosen family, loyalty, and the people who show up when it matters most.