Fifteen-almost-sixteen-year-old Calia Johnston, who lives in Washington state, has a dad who is off on a mandatory business trip for a year, which only leaves her adventure-loving mother to take care of her and her two brothers, Tommy and Gale. Unfortunately, that also means that when her mom says they're moving out-of-state, they're moving out-of-state. When they move to a small forest-y region in Maryland, her mother picks out a slightly worn-down rickety 1800s-style mansion, which, due to its age, has been largely discounted. Calia's hatred for it only gets worse when she starts to feel the creeping sensations of constantly being watched. She complains about this to her older brother Gale and her mother, but all they do is be optimistic about their life there. Her younger high school freshman brother, Tommy, starts to feel it, too. But it only gets worse. Dark hallways, empty rooms, flickering lights, mysteriously misplaced things, loud noises, eerie howling, strange nightmares, cold spots, whispers, empty houses, creaking floorboards, strange shadows, haunted pasts, paranormal activity, screams of insanity, insane asylums, hidden passageways, basements, attics, a dead man, screams, yodels from nowhere, yelling, blood, blackness, graveyards, ghosts, possession, asylum, doctors, death, pain, and mentality all suddenly seems to have a meaning, and the writing on the walls all say one thing: She won't leave. She will haunt you. She will come for you. You will know her name. Insanity never ends.
Rated R for strong language and many frightening graphic scenes. Copyright - 2014. All rights reserved.
[ A COMPLETED 2020 TEEN MYSTERY ] Life can take a turn for the worst when you least expect it, spiralling deeply out of control in mere days. It's hard to see the signs sometimes; it may be personality changes, or even just an odd remark, but if we don't recognise these differences then grave consequences await us.
It could be failing an important test, missing a friend's birthday, but sometimes people take it a little too far...
A text.
A fire.
A killer.
Who can we really trust in this world?
And do we need to look closer to sense great deception?
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🥈Second Place in the EC Awards - Mystery/Thriller
Rated Eighty Plus in Shreya's Book Reviews
🥈 Second Place in the Carnation Awards - Mystery/Thriller
🥇 First Place in The Candle Light Awards
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(Cover by @-carawrites)
(Images found from the internet, credits to Lily Collins and party)
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