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.
The first book in the 'Sanity:' Trilogy
Scarlett has been given the short end of the stick, born into a rich family and given the gifts of athletic and academic brilliance, she clearly overshadows her peers. However, her home life is less than spectacular with themes of sexual assault, emotional abuse, and self-harm painting the picture of her reality at home. When she finally has had enough and snaps, she's thrown into some of the worst experiences of her life. Read with Caution.
"... A lighter was produced, a small piece of toilet paper in the other hand.
A light, an ignition, and the flaming paper was dropped into the trash, igniting the waste as my own fire burned in that bed.
My few, sacred fragments of sanity were burning. And it was only a matter of time before the rest of this house did too. "
Rated 104/2.4K #mentalhospital
Rated 1/503 #machinery
TRIGGER WARNINGS AND IMPORTANT NOTICES
TW: Eating disorders, mental illness, physical, emotional, sexual abuse at the hands of family members, alcoholism, self-harm, mentions of gore and weaponry,
The following story is purely fictional and the plot is not to be portrayed in any way shape or form as realistically accurate.
This story does not accurately portray mental illness, psychiatric hospitals, or any other mental conditions and treatment. This novel is entirely a work of fiction, and any motion of real-life instances are simply coincidences. Do not use this novel as factual information in any way, shape, or form.