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HIRAETH- "homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed. It is a mix of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness, or an earnest desire for the past."
Augustine was a very small child when everything began to fall, the pain and trauma have left him as an emotionless shell, something dark, however, lurks within himself, he knows, he allows it to do whatever it wishes.
Reid is the boy who would help your grandmother cross the street, he's happy, caring, and generally, wants to help people.
these two meet by chance and Reid is struck with August's emotionless shell, and cannot let him go, August, however, wishes Reid would leave him alone before he gets hurt.
Death, Despair, Sorrow, Forgiveness..is coming.
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]]
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