Emily, the historian, arrives in the remote Appalachian town of Blackwood to research its obscure history. While sifting through dusty archives in the town's library, she stumbles upon a locked door at the back. Behind it lies the legendary "Blackwood Archive," a library of books and diaries rumored to hold the town's deepest, darkest secrets.
As Emily starts reading the diaries, she finds accounts of bizarre occurrences. The townsfolk have recorded unexplained phenomena, strange rituals, and stories of family members vanishing without a trace. The entries grow progressively more unsettling, and she becomes convinced that there's an unsettling pattern spanning centuries.
Emily's obsession with unraveling Blackwood's enigmatic past leads her to experience eerie visions and inexplicable encounters. She encounters ghostly apparitions and finds herself inexplicably transported to a parallel world, a surreal reflection of the town's history where past and present blur. In this alternate reality, the same unsettling events continue to unfold, and Emily's actions influence the fate of Blackwood's residents.
Gwen, desperate to feel something, kills someone. But she quickly learns that one kill is never enough. Can Gwen stop before she turns on her own family?
**INCLUDES BONUS BOOK - A CHILD CALLED WENDY**
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It was just an experiment. Simply kill one person to see what it felt like. See beauty in the moment of death. See if it filled the void within her. It didn't. Nor did it the next time. Or the next. Gwen is an ordinary person. Wife to Amanda. Mother to Grace and Alexandra. Suddenly, she is no longer ordinary as she finds herself battling her urges and demons before she hurts those closest to her. But is it already too late?
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**WATTY 2021 SHORLIST!**
A multiple Wattpad Featured Story
#1 in Fiction
#1 in Homicide
#1 in Killing
#1 in Scary
#1 in Serial Killer
#1 in Terror
#1 in Death
#1 in Murderer
#1 in Creepy
#1 in Adult
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