The Canavar
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Who would name their town Hell's Center, and why are people vanishing without a trace from the place?
Johnny sticks out worse than a Bears fan at Lambeau Field when he moves to the small rural town. Only black kid in an all-white community. Johnny and the few teens he manages to befriend think they know what's behind the disappearances - a haunted house.
Officer Corbin tries to solve the disappearances, but he doesn't trust the new kid in town. Though he soon discovers everything the teens claim is true.
Only the house isn't what they think it is. And somehow Johnny is the key.
A unique stand-alone modern fantasy with a plot that slowly intensifies until it seems the world might end. Can a way be found to stop the canavar?
This is a complete story, and I promise not to hang you out to dry. I will keep uploading chapters until it is finished even if there is only one reader reading it.
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