"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown" - H.P. Lovecraft;
Not being able to cope with the state of the hopelessness of her living, Asamura Tokyo decided to end her existence.
After a successful attempt, she encounters a curious shadow that asks her if she really wants to proceed with it, having a chance to come back. She reinforces her wish and decides to kill herself, didn't expecting the consequences that it would bring.
She founds herself waking up in the rooftop of a building, under the beautiful starry sky, and above a city full of strange and slaughterous creatures. The weird timer in the sky, that floats in a ghost-like manner above that world, shows that she has 179 days, along with the couple of thousand others spread around this world, for managing to find a way back home, without any certainty along the way.
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(Horror/Thriller)[Manga SingleVol. Script]
### Notes: This is the very first story that I was able to finish. Even though the result isn't exactly what I wanted it to be, I'm still very proud of it. As the saying goes, is better something bad than nothing at all. (And it couldn't be perfect on the first try, anyway.)
I'm looking to improve from what I've learned while creating this piece of work.
It's rather an experimental work honestly, but I hope you can enjoy it.
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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]]