A Town Named Marlinton
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Ongoing, First published Jul 26, 2012
A small town that is plagued with misfortunes. People are murdered brutally, children start disappearing, and the old theater is vandalized. Voices are heard in the quiet evenings, and the school teacher just committed suicide. Terrified, people start leaving, quickly, pouring out like water.

That is, until the mayor of the town calls in a team of detectives to investigate the crimes. 
Meet Lucilia Pieces, a 19 year old assistant to the main detective who goes by "Ace". A pretty, young woman whose been through a great number of things unpleasant and depressing... But even she's not ready for the mysteries and horror that this small town holds.
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Margo Watson was found murdered in her own home on October 13th. Leaving the town of Scattervale, with the solving of it's first murder mystery, in 30 years. Her body was found in her bathroom tub with evidence of a homicide, that led to her death. Once the autopsy came back with fingerprints from her friends, covered on her corpse, the mystery unravels. As each side of the story gets told from different perspectives. Only which side is the truth? And which is a lie? But that's not all, Margo's soul could not rest until she could remember who killed her. Forcing her to haunt her five friends who brought pain upon her, mentally and physically. In several different ways, since she moved here. Only to find out the truth, about what happened to her, that gruesome night. With her memories in shambles and even questioning her friendships. Margo wanted nothing more, than to get to the bottom of her own murder mystery, so she could move on & find peace. But when her foes as friends argue to be framed for the murder and not actual suspects. Things start to get bloody, as the town of Scattervale, point fingers, pick sides, and bid on the killer. So which one of her five foes did murder her in cold blood? And will anyone ever know the truth? There's only one way to find out.... DISCLAIMER: this story tackles very serious and disturbing topics, such as suicide, sexual assault, & drug use. If you have struggled with these topics before. This story might be triggering for you. Please be aware. Cover Art Illustrated By: Veronika Weroni Vajdova