I, am alone. Before each word hits the page (or screen) it has been routed, rerouted and routed again across countries, territories, oceans, seas, and deserts. My chronicle is translated from one of my native tongues to another, to a foreign language, to another and another until... well, until you read it here and now. You do not know where I am or who I am. Man, woman? Black, brown, tan, white, old or young? You will never know- unless, I want you to. If this is the case, you will be dead.
'I, Terrorist' will be the last thing you see. An avenging angel descending in the righteous light.
I, will never give accurate dates, times or locations for the ACTION I write of. BUT, each date, each time and each location will coincide to one of my many, 'Manifesto in Actions' of the past.
I, may tell of an ACTION that took place many years ago or only a few minutes ago. An ACTION that took place in Djanet, Algeria or maybe it was Yuma, Arizona? Ah, but the key is my companions, it took place sometime, somewhere and it's meaning, its MANIFESTO!! is real and for you to decide. Yes, what is it that YOU say? An ACTION is worth a thousand words or lives or Euros or dollars or Rubles, something like that, yes?
We will see where the journey takes us.
We, will see.
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]]
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