Talor East Amherst hates secrets and lies. And yet there is never an escape from it. Her family is lying and hiding things, her town is full of danger and mysterious deaths and the boys that come to her house every day have secrets in their beautiful eyes. People think she's an enigma, a puzzle, a quiet girl that differs so greatly from her six, older sisters. But better to be quiet and hide, just so the secret that she has been hiding all these years doesn't come out into the light. She can't have anyone find out. She won't. All she needs is the redemption and then to disappear just as if she had never existed at all. But time is running out and it is only so long until death strikes again. Tick Tock goes the killing clock, leaving no one but Talor to stop it before it all becomes too powerful to stop. - Copyright @signedlayla2021 All rights reserved ❤️

RUN ELAINE! THERE'S A MAN IN THE WOODS. After an unusual death happened one night at Lakewoods, the city found itself with a lethal serial killer on the loose, Matteo Ravenon. One who was not from this time. One who was considered a creature of chaos in every life he's ever lived and this one promises not to be different. With even more deaths, it is left for the chief medical pathologist, Elaine Haven to figure it out. A woman with psychic abilities she can't control, along with her best friend, Detective Kendric Brenton and the rest of the security service to bring this killer down. What happens when Matteo proves unstoppable? What happens when Elaine finds herself as an object of his particular and twisted interest? Keep scrolling and find out. GENRE: THRILLER TROPE: STALKER, DEATHS, CHAOS.

For years, Madelyn's worst fears have only resided in her head, feeding off her heightened sense of her surroundings and unfortunate experiences and accidents in her past. That's why her schooling is more than just assignments, tests, and high school drama. The Eralyn Academy of Secondary Education provides her with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to develop her special ability. It's her safe haven, a place where she can strive to one day control her ability and anxiety - at least, it is until things take a deadly turn. When Madelyn is dared to sign up for the school's joke of a dating app, she reluctantly complies. But when she arrives on the first date, she realizes that she's been matched with a dead man. Caught up in an investigation and ruminations running wild, Madelyn seeks to uncover who the real murderer is in a desperate attempt to outrun one increasingly deafening thought: Is she a killer? *Open Door Awards 2024 - Honorable Mention for Mystery/ Thriller 3x Featured: @Fright @Mystery & @Action Trigger Warnings: Themes of death, anxiety/ ocd, and ptsd.