Esoteric
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Last published Sun, Apr 20, 2025
Esoteric: adj. Understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest.
A group of eight. Multiple disappearances appear around town. Bodies of the missing coming back dead. An unknown prosecutor.
The citizens of Madison, Massachusetts are in an uproar as these unexplainable events occur. It started badly with the kid. It got worse as the missing and dead piled up.
The deaths are brushed off as accidents, and the "murderer" behind bars. Yet, some know better. Some who can see things others cannot.
Enter the "buddys club". A group of high school freshmen, attempting to survive the year. Determined to get to the bottom of these problems, they try to solve the problem through dangerous, contradictory ways. Navigating personal problems, rivalries, and of course the trouble in everyone's mind is the adventure of a lifetime.
But, as relations flare and the trouble outside their doorstep becomes more real and horrifying, they must discover where their true allies and trust remain, and what they must do to save everyone around them.
*****
TW: Gore, horror, death, murder.
Huge thanks to @sulkytae for the wonderful cover and banner set!
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