If Stone Could Speak
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  • Reads 797
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  • Parts 17
  • Time 3h 11m
outbriefcandle54
Ongoing, First published Jan 23, 2021
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A history student is tasked with sorting through an abandoned asylum's archives. The asylum is rumored to be haunted, but Lena dismisses this as merely town folklore. When her research brings her to venture inside the asylum's walls, however, the fragments of stories she has been learning about now come to life. 

Surrounded by the ghosts of the asylum's 200-year history, she comes to learn of its cruel hidden truths - and it now falls on her to give voice to the abuse, maltreatment, and indignities suffered by those whose voices would have otherwise been lost to time.

This story will span the history of America's mental health system, as shown through the different eras of the asylum. Against the backdrop of this dark and isolated prison, Lena forges new friendships across time, and sets the souls of these ghosts free by bringing their stories to light.

*Dedicated to the many lives that were lived out in mistreatment behind the silence of asylum walls.*
All Rights Reserved
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House Of Horrors

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