Lazarus, he used to be a normal kid just like you or me, something happened to him, he changed, he's about 17, but you couldn't tell anymore, he's gone through so much his eyes prove it, nobody thought about him...he has been having problems lately...mainly with his head, maybe he should go to a counselor or something but he doesn't want to...he's afraid to, it's not his fault one day he just woke up like this! he can't feel anymore...all he feels is fear...and anger...he will never be able to taste the sweet taste of death because every time he gets close, his self being brings him back, whether it's a car accident or a stab in the back by a mugger, have i also told you he literally has the worst luck in the world when it comes to dying? Lazarus has a couple of..."unique" features, For instance that he has two patches on the side of his face,or that he has a stitch mark were he had to sew back on his head, he has a slight build from all his "past times" and he doesn't know anything about the slenderman, well...yet at least, he's fairly handsome i guess to some people but otherwise he wears a thin hoodie sweatshirt and dark blue denim pants with a white shirt that occasionally gets blood stains but that doesn't matter, anyways i hope you like him, he's my first oc so it can only get better from this
Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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