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Raven Alastair
Mind your thrillers.
Dark CarnivalPsychological HorrorMetafiction HorrorThrillersSuspense
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Raven Alastair writes psychological to metafiction horror with a sprinkle of comedy and romance. The motto is simple: the more trauma to the psyche, the better.
Welcome to the world of The Painted Dead.
⌖ Somewhere in the South
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Psychological Horror
Painted Dead: The Fool
Marlon Carver expected little on his birthday. After his parents dropped him and his sister off at Grandpa's, he noticed something different this time. Their goodbyes felt final. Then Grandpa tells them the story of his first date with their grandma at a traveling carnival, and things begin to change in the Carver home. They start small, until they become too hard to ignore. Grandpa's memories seem distant. News articles are found in an old box where Grandma kept her yarn. And the more Marlon digs for answers, the more questions arise about the people who disappeared that night over fifty years ago. And yet, Grandpa remembers the carnival even as people begin to fade from the story. Only the carnival remains. Marlon wants to know why.
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