The Wandering.
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Highest rank of #1 IN GHOST.
"Spirits wander this town. They always have."
Shari Davenport, haunted with the demons of her past, must return to the town of her childhood: Sachem Bay, a ghost town stained with the pain history has left behind. This small Virginian town has a trend for people going missing and dying, and now the mystery that has haunted the town for decades is finally beginning to unravel in the hands of a hopeful few...
A horror Novella.
© 2018 Billy Waugh
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