"The Midnight Toll" is a spine-chilling horror story featuring two best friends, Victor and Elen. Victor, a courageous and enigmatic individual, possesses mysterious supernatural powers, while Elen, his loyal companion, struggles with fear and uncertainty.
When a foreboding tollbooth materializes on a desolate road at midnight, Victor's curiosity compels him to investigate its sinister secrets. Elen, though hesitant, chooses to accompany him on this harrowing journey into the unknown.
As they step through the tollbooth, the fabric of reality unravels, plunging them into a nightmarish realm where malevolent forces lurk at every turn. Victor's supernatural abilities become both a blessing and a curse as he grapples with otherworldly entities, while Elen's bravery is tested to its limits.
"The Midnight Toll" weaves a tale of friendship, bravery, and the supernatural. As Victor and Elen face their deepest fears, readers will be drawn into a world where the line between reality and the supernatural blurs, leaving them on the edge of their seats, eagerly turning each page to discover the fate of these two courageous friends.
Prepare for an unforgettable reading experience as "The Midnight Toll" delves into the darkest recesses of the human psyche, exploring the bond between friends and the terrifying unknown that awaits them beyond the midnight tollbooth.
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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