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The House on the Borderland

Free · 1 chapter · 1 scene · Gothic
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You and your fishing companion Tonnison camp forty rough miles out in a nameless corner of western Ireland, a fortnight's stay agreed with their driver, until a villager's broken warning sends you upriver rather than home. Past a waterfall and a stand of hazel, the ground opens into a vast pit holding a collapsed house ringed by black water, and inside it a manuscript describing a man, his sister, and a dog that once answered something in that same pit. The account breaks off mid-warning, and something is already moving above you.

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Chapters

  1. The Ruin Beyond KraightenWestern Ireland

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