Author: JKMATHEW

“Another dreary Harper funeral,” Evelyn muttered, adjusting her slender black gloves. Rain lashed against the canvas awning, mirroring the chill that had settled deep within her bones long before Uncle Theron’s sudden demise. But it wasn’t grief that gnawed at her; it was curiosity. Theron, in his cryptic will, had bequeathed her not his fortune,… Read more

Evelyn Harper splashed black coffee onto the cobblestones, the bitter liquid mirroring the taste in her mouth. Ravenbrook’s perpetual fog clung to her slender frame as she adjusted her old camera bag, its weight a familiar comfort against the unsettling quiet. A raven’s harsh cry split the silence, startling a rat that scurried into the… Read more

Dust choked Alex’s lungs as she pried ferrocrete from a fallen beam, her calloused hands raw. Rats scattered, their eyes gleaming in the dim light filtering through the ruined skyscraper’s skeletal frame. A tremor, deep and resonant, shook the debris pile she stood on. Dust rained down, revealing a dark, gaping hole where moments before… Read more

Emily Thornton arrived at Ravenwood under a sky bruised purple and grey. Fog, thick as cotton batting, clung to the weathered stones of the lighthouse, obscuring the churning sea below. She wasn’t here for the view. The funeral of her estranged aunt, Clara, was underway in the small, stone church. As the coffin was lowered,… Read more

Evelyn Harper knelt at the fresh grave, the damp earth clinging to her black gloves. Gulls cried overhead, a mournful chorus to the priest’s droning words. A sudden, unnatural chill swept through the cemetery, a dense fog rolling in from the sea with impossible speed. Visibility dropped to near zero, the priest’s voice fading into… Read more