Corpsetalia
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  • Reads 702
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  • Parts 4
  • Time 28m
Ongoing, First published Jul 20, 2014
Excerpt: 

"Why? Why is this happening?" Arthur screamed, punching his right fist repeatedly into the wall until he felt the warmth of his blood dripping down onto the ground beneath him. Numb with despair, he crumpled against the wall and burrowed his face into his blood-stained hands. 

"Arthur!" Zoé cried out and Arthur heard the pitter-pattering of her steps as she rushed towards him. The French gently pulled him into her arms and gave him a tight hug as another sob racked through him. He let his arms hang limply by his side as his tears soaked into her ragged shirt. 

"It's okay, I'm here. I've got you," she said softly and he recoiled back from her words, pulling away from her grasp. 

"It's not going to be okay!" he choked out and shook his head fiercely, a crazed look glinting in his eyes, "It's never going to be okay."

"It's me. It's all me," he screamed as he dug his fingers into the ground. 

"They're all dead and it's all my fault!""
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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** 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]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]