Seven dead bodies. One abandoned old morgue and the small town that won't let it go. Welcome to Brookstone Wells. The town where the secrets are whispered through the wind and the clues are found scattered inside the dead bodies. The blood is the ink and the stories being written are worse than your nightmares. **** Seven corpses. Fresh. Intact. Unnamed. And the man who made the discovery? Found dead before the truth could follow. By the time the police arrive, only one body remains. Sebastian Moore. Cold. Unmoving. Holding more questions than answers. The local authorities are desperate to find a thread, any thread to make sense of it. But all clues seem to circle back to a storm that swept through Brookstone Wells one year ago ; a case sealed, a chapter closed. Or so they thought. **** Officer Noah Cooper, a man whose life has been defined by silence, solitude, and chasing shadows that always slip away. Emma Sinclair lives for the thrill of the chase. She's fearless, sharp, and haunted by the past she swore she left behind. They were never supposed to return. Not to each other. Not to this town. But something is calling them back. Back to the town that stole everything. Back to the truth they never dared to face. Back to each other. But Brookstone Wells isn't the same place they left behind. The streets are quieter. The memories sharper. The lies deeper. And someone is watching. Someone who knows every move they'll make because they've seen it all before. And this time, they don't plan on letting anyone leave. *** "Shroud of Our Past" is a haunting psychological thriller about trauma, buried secrets, and the terrifying power of memory. Because in this town, the dead don't stay dead. And the past always finds its way home. Grumpy×Sunshine Small town×Crime #Wattys2025 © All Rights Reserved

A librarian gets sucked into a web of horror as she investigates a century-old disappearance in the new town she has moved into. *** Yvaine Agan had always led a quiet life and had expected to do the same when she moved to the small town of Andrasville. Little had she expected to encounter a message in a bottle dating back to the 1800s and the whispers that accompanied it. As her curiosity grows she finds herself immersed in the mystery of the disappearance of Wilhelmina Andras and the darkside of the seemingly peaceful place. Will she be able to unravel the century-old mystery? Or will she be sucked into oblivion, becoming one more tragic memory of the town? And most importantly, is the disappearance of Wilhelmina Andras the only conundrum that haunts Andrasville? *** Started: February 1st 2022 Ended: March 31st 2022 Word Count: 32,304 Cover Credits: @Atwin_May Achievements (Currently/Previously): ONC 2022 Longlisted, General Category Winner at Dusk Awards, featured by @Paranormal, @fright, @Mystery, @action. Featured by @fright for AAPIHM 2023.

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