Horror · Fantasy · Science fiction
What Moves the Dead
A retelling of the Fall of the House of Usher. A retired soldier answers a childhood friend's call and arrives at a decaying family house, where the surrounding woods, the animals and the people all seem to be wrong.
- First published
- 2022
- Pace
- Fast
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 165
- Format
- Book 1 of 3 in Sworn Soldier
Read this if you want a short, creepy gothic story with a practical narrator and a touch of dark humour.
Skip this if you dislike body horror or want a long, slow-building story.
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