Before the apocalypse started, a big war was going on in Afghanistan. Corporal Nolan Peletier joined the army to get away from his father. During his tour there, his sergeant went crazy, and killed his own platoon, along with the villagers. Disgusted and shocked to see this, Nolan shoots his sergeant dead, but gets shot himself. He gets wounded, and ends up in a coma. They shipped him back to the U.S., and put him in the hospital. For months, he's been in a coma, and finally, he wakes up...to a whole new world. He goes out to find his family. Will he reunite with them? (Takes place in Season 2) Rated M for blood, gore, violence, mild language, but no cussing or cursing. I do not own The Walking Dead. Just my oc.
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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