Lurid, Steady Dying
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Last published Sat, Sep 6, 2025
HELL RIDES WEST.
A priest, a Jane Doe, a scared sheriff. And a burning desert.
In 1874, four children by the name of Dyer were found murdered in Pinhole lake.
Fifteen years later, their last survivng sister disappears.
Driven to deathly obsession by his lunatic father, reverend Aguillera vows - swears on his life - to save her. Regardless if she needs saving, regardless of what she thinks. Left in the hands of a mysterious stranger, the village can either fall apart as quickly as its shepherd or finally leave behind old demons.
Meanwhile, a witness to the Dyer case returns to his hometown, abandoning all to explain the unexplainable.
Jane is gone. Nobody shall ask her opinion.
Is that all it takes to burn down the world?
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