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The Medium of Memory | ONC2020

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Reads 419
Votes 90
Parts 15
Time 1h 37m

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[ONC2020 Shortlister / A Featured Story on Wattpad Low Fantasy]
You can't outrun the past. 

Hattie Newfield is a fake medium who makes a living off pretending to speak with the dead. But Hattie has a real psychic gift--she can "read" people's memories. 

When Hattie is approached by a stranger with an intriguing job proposal, she learns that she has other psychic powers that aren't easily controlled. As the two join forces to investigate a mysterious haunting, her psychic powers grow and the past begins encroaching on the present in unforeseen ways. 

Now Hattie must face her own troubled memories before the dark past overtakes them both.All Rights Reserved

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