THE DOOR WITHIN
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Last published Thu, Apr 24, 2025
The Door Within-the kind of blurb that would stop someone dead in a bookstore aisle:
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The Door Within
Ka-Push
Tyler Black Quinn thought his scars were just that-scars. Until they started to burn. Until strangers began whispering his name like a warning. Until the curses awoke.
Marked by seven ancient sigils and hunted by a Hollow-Eyed Man, Tyler is dragged into a mystery woven in blood, memory, and forgotten rituals. With only a cursed notebook and a fiercely loyal friend at his side, he must unravel the truth behind his family's darkest secrets-and survive the terrors they've passed down.
Each curse brings him closer to a door that doesn't exist in the world... but in him.
And behind it?
Something is waiting.
Watching.
Wanting out.
Unlock the fear. Step into the dark.
The door has always been within.
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