As the moon shone brightly behind the fog of the night, a young girl, Lilith, was wandering back from her friends house. A lack of lighting was present, only one or two streetlights barely worked out of the five. She walked with speed through the night, anxiously looking over her shoulder like any typical young women that walked when it was late. Follow our young protagonist, Lillith, in this nerve racking journey that pulls her between a faded line of life and death. Watch as she gets sucked into a twisted and terrifying dance when she is kidnapped when walking home one night. This is the perfect story for those who enjoy a good, original horror and adventure story with angst, a tad bit of humour, and a lot of gore and mature topics. Tw, kidnapping, r@pe, blood, and other mature themes
I am a minor, so please understand if this isn't the best quality. It's still above average for my age though. I'm above my grade level, state, and school on writing for NAPLAN. Alright, enjoy
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]]
[[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]