Shutter (Free Novella)
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Ongoing1h 41m
Last published Sun, Sep 9, 2018
Free Novella. Impoverished eighteen-year-old student, Mim, is thrilled when a Solicitor contacts her with the surprise inheritance of a lifetime: a terrace in a prestigious city suburb not far from the art college she's scholarshipped to attend. But number seven Bligh Street is a derelict ruin hiding a wrathful presence, and he has plans for Mim that have nothing to do with generosity. She is about to learn why her adopted mother has always told her never to accept a gift from a stranger.
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