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The Crying Bridge

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Reads 24,177
Votes 1,096
Parts 46
Time 10h 33m

milissamcdaniel

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Del Granger moves from Chicago to a small rural Illinois town after a painful divorce. She meets a young man, Evan Drake, with who she shares an almost instant mutual attraction and begins to enjoy the promise of her new life. As she settles into her new home, however, she begins to hear the eerie sound of a crying baby late at night. Del soon discovers her property was the scene of a horrible tragedy years ago and becomes consumed with solving the mystery of the crying baby. As her romance grows, Evan also becomes involved in the quest for answers.

This  is an excerpt of a longer story, a novel in the making. The genre could be classified as both romance and paranormal or supernatural.All Rights Reserved

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Graveyard, Backyard by poetrythanki

Some homes are best kept empty... In the town of Havendell, Claire moves into a seemingly ordinary house, hoping to have a fresh start after her parents' divorce. But her new home harbors a malevolent secret. She senses something is terribly wrong. The house isn't merely haunted; it pulses with dark, insidious energy. Her neighbor, who appears to know more than he reveals, offers only cryptic warnings. As the sinister forces intensifies, Claire becomes ensnared by its relentless grip. Surrounded by creeping shadows and evil energies, she must unravel the house's dark past and confront the evil before it consumes her. Will Claire break free from the clutches of the house's terror, or will she become its next victim in a never-ending nightmare?

The Last House on County Road 9 by Skylight89

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Forever yours by Wicked_C

After chaining the soul of his dead fiancée to her grave, Thomas, a grieving widower, is desperate to figure out the mystery of his fiancée's murder all while trying to find a way to save her soul. But time is running out when his town is hit by a series of disappearances. Thomas is almost certain there is a serial killer on the loose. In an attempt to unravel the truth, he finds himself entangled in the darker, more magical side of the world. With a skeleton masked kidnapper, more people turning up dead and stories of supernatural beings popping up, Thomas's whole world turns upside down. All while the time frame to save Esmeralda's soul is closing. Will Thomas figure out what is going on in time before he loses Esmeralda forever? *** "One day I'll be able to touch you again, my love. Then I'll hold you in my arms and never let go. I promise," Thomas reached for her dim glowing hand, but he only felt freezing air in the place where Esmeralda's hand was not a second ago. *** Awards: 🥇The Siren & Sailor Mini Awards | Best Prologue | First place 🥈Golden Bubbles Contest | Paranormal | Second place 🥈The Winter Solstice Mini Awards | Best Prologue | Second place 🥈The New Year Spark Awards | Best Prologue | Second place 🥉The Enchanted Grave Awards | Best Writing Style | Third place 🏅The Starfish Awards | Best Traumatic Arc | Fourth place 🏅The Ink Games | Sickest Blurb | Honorable mention 🏅The Ink Games | Featured on shortlist

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Graveyard, Backyard

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