The Unbuilt Church
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Last published Fri, Feb 2, 2024
Daniel Graves takes a night security job guarding the lot of a church that is being built. In trying to run from his ghosts, not that he believes in them anyway, he finds out far more about this church, the lot it's on, and the strangers who occasionally wander the lot at night with him.
TW: alcoholism, abuse/IPV, grief (loss of loved ones, not necessarily death), and heavy topics of depression. Labels will be added to chapters where it is needed. Not to every chapter.
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