There is a place
Like no place on Earth.
A land full of death, blood, and danger.
Some say to survive,
You must be as Mad as a Hatter
Which luckily,
Not even he,
Is as mad as she. *************
Alice is her name. A last name she doesn't have, for she had no family. Her parents dumped her at a place for the insane shortly after her first birthday. Now she is 17. That is how long she has had to suffer in her madness.
There seems to be no escape, but can there be one?
Maddox Hatter may be her answer. Handsome, brave, (seemingly sane), and ready to help Alice he is at her side.
But to gain help, she must once again help her hell. Help their Wonderland.
Defeated the Red Queen is, but now there is the Black King, a much crueler ruler than ever before.
With the help of Maddox, Cheshire, and the Irish Hare, can Alice escape her madness and save Wonderland, all while keeping her heart sane.
*Warning*
This story delves into the dark parts of my imagination and honestly it can get pretty dark in here. This story will be written when i have bad days and i need to release my frustrations through writing and it can get gruesome. I'm not gonna put a mature rating on it, but this is your first and final warning.
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
[[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]