Still Here

Three roads lead to a lodge on the same night.

One follows a pull he has spent decades learning not to ignore. It points north-east. It always points somewhere he does not want to go. He follows it anyway.

"Hail to the king, baby."

One follows a pattern. Six weeks. Forty-seven pins. Three thousand miles on his own time, on a certainty, because being right has always been enough reason.

What's your favourite scary movie?

One is already there. He has been managing what he is for years. Tonight the management stops working.

"You know, I'd lose my head if it wasn't stuck on."

One full moon. One property. One night that costs all three of them something they cannot get back.

By dawn, the lake will know exactly who's still standing.

Still Here is a crossover. It is a novel about grief, inheritance, and what it means to be the last one standing.

Content warnings: death, grief, graphic violence, body horror, loss of family, blood, self-harm/suicide, psychological horror.