Shire Bottom Chronicles
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In a small town like Shire Bottom, secrets are hard to keep, especially when eerie and mysterious things happen. Driven by her inner curiosity and distrust in the town's leading source of employment, Crimson Inc, twenty-five-year-old Allie Spring tries to convince her circle of friends that a dangerous force lurks in the shadows, a force that they should all rise up against. However, Allie's childish behavior makes her friends dismiss her claims.
Until things start taking a turn. Little by little, Allie's friends begin to experience supernatural events, leading them to wonder if Shire Bottom is more than just the boring town they all grew up in.
If it is, in fact, haunted.
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