Is it a hoax, or is it something unspeakably real? In this short story about evil games and spiralling secrets, whatever bargain you strike, there's a price to be paid.
Mason Brandt dropped out of seminary and found a job at a spiritual centre offering guidance to troubled teens. Mason was on himself years ago - a suspect in a young girl's disappearance. When a female student is found murdered. Mason is dogged by suspicion and flees. He hopes Merle House will offer him sanctuary once again.
Circling the Drain is part of House of Crows, a four-part serial about friends with a shared history of darkness. They've spent their lives running, but they can no longer hide from the past. Each story can be read or listened to in a single haunted sitting.
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(Amazon Original Stories, 27 May 2021, ebook, 60 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, #PrimeReading)
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Circling the Drain introduces the fourth character with links to sinister Merle House. The first chapters focus on Mason's story before he connects with the other three at Merle House. The concept of supernatural menace is introduced in the figure of the Dark Man, a local legendary monster. But what if he's real? We also learn more about how the four characters are connected in the past. I found this even more gripping then the previous volumes.
