True Darkness (A work in progress)
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Last published Wed, Apr 28, 2021
It is said that within the town of Kurit, a forest dwells. The local villagers have given it a name; The Endless. When one enters The Endless, the forest itself begins to take control of the mind. The deeper one goes, the more potent and vivid the visions. Everyone who travels too deep into the forest has been spit out dead. Their bodies laying lifeless at the entrance for nearby villagers to discover. Until one day a man returns and collapses in front of an unexpecting crowd...comatose but breathing, his return sparks a dangerous new curiosity of what lies within.
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