Dark West
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Last published Sat, May 17, 2025
As dusk falls over the forgotten outskirts of Wicked Oak, seasoned monster hunters Darren and Jozsef plunge into a fetid swamp in search of a mysterious creature responsible for a string of child disappearances. What they find lurking in the ruins of the drowned village of Amberfield is no folk tale - a monstrous truth hides behind the myth of the Tooth Fairy. With only their weapons, grit, and a flickering lantern between them and a nightmare made flesh, the hunters must outwit a bone-hungry horror before the night swallows them whole.
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