Something awful had happened when Ember Jameson was a child. Something terrifying. Now, a monster was on death row, and Ember was studying to become a nurse. Graduation was in sight and spirits were elated, until Ember's friend disappeared, only for her body to turn up a week later, strangled and mutilated. Just like that, she's thrust back to that night, so long ago. The night she discovered that things on the surface, didn't always resemble what was below.

Hank was just a teen when his father committed suicide under a cloud of scandal. The disgrace forced him to grow up within the cold shadow of his once-promising life. Twenty years later, Hank is content with the safety of his solitude. Still, Josie arrives knowing more about the secrets of the surrounding society than an outsider should and forces him to face the ghosts of his former life.

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Following the death of her father, Peyton is struggling to grieve. Her father was an eccentric man---a teller of ghost stories. And now that he's gone, she has only fiction to remember him by, and the new responsibility of looking after her troubled older brother all by herself. But when the fictional creatures from her father's ghost stories start coming to life, Peyton learns that she has much more responsibility than she ever knew. Trying to piece together her shattered reality, Peyton will have to make the choice to either accept what has come to light or give herself over to the waiting darkness. Preview: I sigh, feeling myself accepting letting go, drifting in his nebulous haven. He is his own shapeless universe, alight with all versions of life, all stages, all things painful and peaceful. I see myself there. We understand one another. I close my eyes and loll in his calming cosmos, admiring the stars that can sparkle in his misting bliss, the swirling tails of floating fire, and gentle rotation. I let him take me. I fall into conscious oblivion. I am loved. I am not alone, I say to myself, and I am loved.

Laura is trapped in an elevator. She has been there for as long as she can remember. The elevator is going down. She doesn't think she's alone. . . --- A short HORROR story from the author of CUPID'S MATCH and DEVILS INC. Previously featured on Wattpad. Find me on Instagram @LaurenPalphreyman