The Beast Within

A family lost and a son alone. A boy's life at its end and beginning. An adventure filled with fantastical terrors, where a child becomes a monster, and a monster becomes a legend.

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These were the ominous words the ghost Marmy Jo spoke when foretelling Josiah's future:

"Got a world of pain comin' your way, boy-and fast! But, if you make it, you'll come out a stronger beast than many."

When a wolf attack leaves Josiah mortally wounded, his sister Credence is forced to abandon him to find help. Where she went, he cannot say, for the last thing he remembers is hearing his heart stop.

Josiah, the boy who died, wakes to find the world much changed.
Deep within, a horror howls, threatening to tear from his bones at any moment.
With his sister gone, Josiah is alone for the first time in his life, and must learn how to survive in the dark, dark woods.

But how can an eight-year-old defend against devious spiders, cruel kings, and bloodthirsty titans?

And how long can Josiah refuse the call of darkness before he's pulled down a path of chaos and blood?

📚 Book Three of the "Bedtime Story" Series 📚

Content Warning: This story contains violence including death of children, mild language, alcohol and tobacco use.