I AM NOT THE REAL PUPPET COMBO!! NOTHING RELATED TO PUPPET COMBO IS MINE...
1986, a girl named Roxanne disappeared from the gas station she was working at, she appears with shoulder length black hair in a bob cut, black Caucasian eyes, and was last seen wearing a plaid shirt, tucked into some blue ripped jeans, a head band, and black shoes. If you have happened to seen her please contact the police..
Amber asked, "So do you want a ride after work?" She didn't take her eyes off the road, "Yeah, It's way too far to walk, especially at this time of night," I reply, jumping out the car and talking to her from the window, she nods, "Yeah, as if. I'll be cronked by then." She laughed, "I'll have a beer for you later, have fun." She rolled the car window up and rove off, "Yeah right," I said
I felt drowsy as I slowly opened my droopy eyes, I heard a voice, it kept repeating itself, I realized it was a Telly, I was in a cage with wires from a fence. I took notice that I was in an unrecognizable room. My head hurt, I reached a hand up to my black short hair, only a little bit of dry blood flaked off when I rubbed my bob haircut, There was a bucket of blood in the corner of the cage, What was that used for? I examined the wires, On the side of one of them it was curled up slightly and I could pull it open, I put my hand on the wire and hesitated, I knew I was either going to die or live trying to escape from here, but if I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die trying.
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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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]]
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