Dottie, My Doll

Lizzie grew up in a smoke-hazed apartment with more strangers than lullabies, clinging to a single comfort she called Dottie. Years later-steady job, warm home, children asleep upstairs, one unexpected call pulls a thread she thought time had sealed. In the quiet of a backyard shed, among the relics of a past she won't name, Lizzie decides which doors to leave closed and which truths to face. This is a psychological horror about memory, survival, and the echoes that follow us into the light, told in a voice that keeps you close enough to feel the breath of every secret.

Tropes: Unreliable Narrator, Childhood Trauma, Creepy Doll, Repressed Memories, Psychological Horror, Absent Parent, Dysfunctional Family, Dark Secrets, Haunting Past, Innocence Lost, Mental Health Struggles, Slow Burn Suspense, Tragic Backstory, Domestic Dysfunction.

Content Warnings: Child abuse/neglect, Substance abuse/addiction, Psychological trauma, Familial conflict, Mental health themes, Grief and loss, Emotional/Physical violence.