The Call is Part of Legends Short Story Anthology

On Undawnted's YouTube Channel in August 2026...

 

 UNDAWNTED · A SHORT STORY

THE CALL

by DL Mullan

Some things aren't what they seem.

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THE STORY

Rebecca Blackwood finally has what she's worked for: a home of her own. Then the phone starts ringing in the middle of the night...  

At first it's silence. Then breathing. Then a voice that knows exactly where she's sleeping, what guest is in her home, what she's going to do. Rebecca does everything right — she calls investigators of the paranormal, she checks the locks, she stays calm. 

  

“The caller is already inside the house.” 

 

Broken Things, weird short story anthology. 

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BUILT ON A LEGEND YOU ALREADY FEAR

The Call is a slow-burn re-imagining of one of horror's most enduring urban legends — “the babysitter and the man upstairs” — retold around a first-time homeowner instead of a teenager on a job. The recognition is instant. 

The ending isn't...

What would you do?

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WHERE TO FIND IT

Legends: Monsters that go Bump in the Night 

is now available for pre-order: 

https://books2read.com/LegendsMonsters

 

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About DL Mullan 

DL Mullan holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology. 

The creative spirit inspired Undawnted's DL Mullan to combine her love of literary, performing, visual, and media arts into its own variant expression. With a consummate background in music (competitive orchestra, band, concert choir, musical theater, and solo talent performances), Ms. Mullan produces cinematic and hauntingly expressive songs that pair well with her stories. As an award-winning poet, the lyrics she creates immerses the reader in the emotions, characters, and motifs of each individual book. With the addition of her digital (book covers and merchandise) and media forte (trailers, films, and music videos), her audience receives an innovative arts experience. Altogether, she is an independent publisher (Sonoran Dawn Studios), merchandiser (Sonoran Dawn Merch), and record label owner (Sonoran Dawn Music). DL Mullan also writes a syndicated column about technology and the creative industry, Undawntech.

Currently, she has embarked on writing her multi-book Legacy Universe, Supernatural Superhero Series.

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Rounding Out Spring Dreams 2023 with Legends and Lore

This season, Undawnted has added a few new embellishments to our Spring Dreams lineup.

With combining our seasons with the Hero's Journey, we are tailoring each quarter with a different motif:

Spring Dreams brings science fiction, fantasy, and legends/folklore to life! It is Act I of the Hero's Journey: Beginning of the Adventure. Answer this Call to Action, and become the characters and be your own hero with Undawnted.

This definition will give our audience the action and adventure that comes with swashbuckling hero's such as Robin Hood, of our ground-breaking Hode series. Undawnted brings legends and folklore alive.

After a long, cold winter, readers want to jump into the warm weather, and have their trusted fan favorites to guide them onto their first steps of their journey. Undawnted has also curated future projects to help with our Spring Dreams. Anything to help shed our winter coats and cabin fever.

Additions to our schedule include:

• Metamorphose 
• Seasons change, we have to change with them.
  
• Stonehenge
• An ancient monument that ripples through time is full of lore.
• Whiskey Jack
• A humorous take about Jackalope with an addiction problem.

What is on your list of Spring Dreams? 

Undawnted's unique take on the seasons and our combination of creative writing, the Hero's journey, and so much more! 

Let the energy guide you to Be Your Own Hero! 

 

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A writer at heart, Undawnted's own creative spark, DL Mullan, began writing short stories and poetry before adolescence. Ms. Mullan decided to showcase her literary talents by publishing collections of her poems. She also writes novels, designs apparel, and creates digital art.

Ms. Mullan has a number of poems published in digital and print collections, from academia to commercial anthologies. She produces her own book cover designs for herself and others. She is an award-winning digital artist and poet. 

Currently, she is embarking on a successful prose career. Join our community of creators... become a Fearless Phile.

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Hode is Now Available at Barnes and Noble with a 2 Chapter Preview

Hode: The Legend Lives Again has been distributed by Barnes and Noble.

It's exciting news! 

This retailer has also provided the first two chapters as a Preview.

Enjoy! 

Hode: The Legend Lives Again

Writing an updated version of the Robin Hood Story has been epic. 

No. Seriously. I shot out a novella in record time. I guess the universe had something to say! 

...about Robin Hood.

Don't miss a minute of this evolving novel. Visit Hode: The Legend Lives Again, which has been added to the Long Fiction section of Undawnted.

Convicted of a crime he did not commit, Robert Laurence spends ten years imprisoned and tortured in a military black site. Freed by a secret organization, he now dedicates his life to the pursuit of justice... Don't call it karma; you can call him:  Hode.

 Everyone needs a mythical hero to save the day. Let Roben Hode be yours.

Reimagining Robin Hood for the 21st Century

That is a tall order!

I have always wanted to write a Robin Hood inspired story. There are a few revisions I would like to make to the old, tried and true mythologies of our modern age. Robin Hood is just one of them. 

I want to do some reimaging to the likes of Dorian Gray, The Raven, Pride and Prejudice, and Taming The Shrew to keep me busy for the next decade. 

This year the muse descended on Robin Hood. I have to take modern themes and ideas to formulate a new and exciting version no one has ever seen before.

So what is out there?

I do love the Kevin Costner version from the early 1990's. Funny how I took a noncredit script writing course through a community college at the same time that the film was released. The Hollywood screenwriter helped my classmates and I breakdown the scenes, characters, and story lines. I learned so much about storytelling during those six weeks than in any creative writing class I have ever taken.

So do not pass on noncredit courses! You might be happily surprised the knowledge you receive. 

When I was sketching out some dialogue for my take on the classic tale, the main character pretty much told me his story. Scene after scene, I could tell that this type of Robin Hood was going to be a mesh-mash of elements from the original story and a few others from external sources. 

I cannot wait to get it all finished. 

I hope I can keep up the momentum and get this origin story edited for an autumn release. 

As long as the characters keep writing the story themselves, I do not see why not. Stranger things have happened.   

Have a great and wonderful day.