There is a place within my dreams, it’s soft, innocent and calm as a newborn child; but every child must grow up. Must the dream end? The perfect life held within a simple mind, one imaginary spark... changing everything. I know life suits whoever it grasps, but it still haunts me... Dreams are a reality. Every horror at the back of your mind, in the place you do not desire to look, behind the eye where evil lurks, waiting, smirks grow on their face like ivy on walls, in the subconscious state of your mine. The weeping hours of night. I am Katherine Lullett; this is how the nightmares lurk.
Imagine you’re in a field, ankle deep with all types of flowers Plumerias, Peonies, Orchids, Multiple types of beautiful Flowers as far as the eye could capture. Now see it falling into a void, everything turning to dust then waking up to find yourself in bed, sweating like a waterfall of gold. For me, this is an action of everyday life. I’m rudely awakened by my mind
I'm no ordinary girl, I'm no ordinary reality.
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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