The Darkness That Follows
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Last published Tue, Nov 18, 2025
When Clara and Alice begin exchanging emails, they expect to share everyday musings - books, boys and sisterly confessions. But their words soon become a lifeline through the veil between the ordinary and the unknown.
Clara, with her whimsical heart, finds herself haunted by whispers of spirits and shadows. Alice, ever the gothic soul, seeks comfort in old-world beauty while battling the mysteries that stalk her family. Together, their correspondence traces the fragile thread between friendship, magic, and secrets too dark to ignore.
As each reply unfolds, ghosts stir, portals open, and the past refuses to stay buried. But what truly binds them - their shared love, or the darkness that follows?
Join Alice and Clara in this gothic epistolary tale of sisterhood, secrets, and the strange beauty found in the shadows.
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