Rude Awakening | Horror / Thriller / Scifi - Rachel F Williams

Rude Awakening | Horror / Thriller / Scifi

Reads 254
Votes 22
Parts 7
Time 45m

Reads 254
Votes 22
Parts 7
Time 45m

Mature

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An old friend of teenage Jane's oddly secretive, adoptive family has suddenly arrived with a strange surprise; her brother 'Joel' has been in a terrible hunting accident. She didn't know she had a brother. She also didn't know of this 'old friend' everyone calls Scott, either. 
    
    Parts of the house is off-limits to her until this 'Scott' arrived, then many secrets about the family, their friend, and the house begin to pour out right before her eyes. Her parents aren't seeing what she's seeing; Scott has a horrifying secret about himself.
    
    -Inspired by a dream the author had.All Rights Reserved

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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** 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]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** 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]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]

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