A tall black figure with bloodshot eyes and luminating white teeth stares directly at me, smiling, as the elevator door opens.
Mike, a single dad, lives with his son William in a small apartment after a life changing accident that took his Wife's and Daughter's lives away. A few weeks later, Mike is seemingly haunted by an inhuman apparation and it is starting to take a toll on his life. What Mike doesn't know if this "thing" is real or his mind is travelling into a dark place from where there is no return.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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