The Town Within the Creeks (Coming Soon)
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Ongoing, First published Sep 22, 2017
How do you escape a nightmare?

August 27th, 19:20. Two unfortunate traveling companions find themselves stranded on the side of the lonely, untraveled road. 

They come upon a small, idyllic town. Just beneath the woods, guarded by the creeks. Townspeople seem decent enough, so the pair decides to spend the night.

As the night falls, the town's deeply guarded and horrifying secrets start to emerge. The horrors start of innocent enough, but quickly descend into a nightmare they desperately need to escape. But is it already too late?

Emily ran along the small dirt road, gravel crunching under her feet. She saw an wooden sign, framed with bushes and small stones. It was depicting an cheerful, chubby little chef that was holding delicious looking pie on his hands. 
"All the chefs are here to serve you!" the sign boasted. Lonely rose was peacefully leaning on the rough wooden frame.  

Emily carried on. After a while, she saw something in the distance. Another sign. Identical to the one she left behind, same bushes and same stones. Same lonely rose leaning on the wood...


But the sign was different. This time, it was not a cute illustration of a happy chef offering a pie. The chef's face was terribly distorted, stuck on an horrid scream that made Emily's insides churn. 
"But all the chefs are dead." the sign read casually.

The reality was twisting into a nightmare again. She had to get out. She had to escape.

If only she could find Austin...
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