Just a girl who walks dogs and hangs out in cemeteries. Stay feral, y'all.
By the time the sun disappeared behind the buildings of downtown Hamilton, Jessie had begun to understand that the most dangerous person in the investigation might not be the woman who had designed the experiments at St Catherine’s. Miriam Cross had spent decades perfecting methods of psychological manipulation, but Peter Vale had grown up inside... Continue Reading →
When thirty-eight-year-old Hazel Bennett lost her job, her home, and the future she had spent fifteen years building, she discovered something rather inconvenient about life: it had absolutely no interest in following the plans she had so carefully made. It happened over the course of six months. First, the little bookstore where she worked closed... Continue Reading →
Long before humanity understood that the brilliant light appearing before sunrise was another planet, the people of ancient Mesopotamia believed they were witnessing something divine. In the darkness before dawn, when the world was still quiet and the horizon had only begun to brighten, a magnificent celestial light appeared in the eastern sky. It shone... Continue Reading →
Jessie had spent twenty-four years trying to remember who she had been before the fire at St Catherine’s. Now, sitting in an office at the police station in Hamilton as the first pale light of morning appeared beyond the windows, she was confronting a possibility so disturbing that it threatened to unravel everything she believed... Continue Reading →
For a long time, Leah believed that healing would arrive like a thunderstorm. She imagined there would be one extraordinary morning when she would wake up, stretch her arms toward the ceiling, and discover that everything that had happened to her had somehow stopped hurting. The memories would be gone, her confidence would return, and... Continue Reading →
There are places where history seems unwilling to rest. Places where old buildings hold their secrets, where the wind carries whispers of things long forgotten, and where stories of violence and betrayal survive long after the people involved have turned to dust. In the quiet community of Loretto, Ontario, one such legend has endured for... Continue Reading →
Jessie had spent most of her adult life believing that memories were the one thing nobody could take from her. People could lie, disappear, change their names, or bury the truth beneath years of carefully constructed explanations, but the things she remembered belonged to her. At least, that was what she had always believed. Now,... Continue Reading →
For years, Nova believed that being a good friend meant being understanding, forgiving, and always giving people the benefit of the doubt. She was the friend who remembered birthdays, celebrated accomplishments, checked in when someone was struggling, and showed up even when her own life was falling apart. She believed friendship was about supporting one... Continue Reading →
Deep in Canada's Northwest Territories, where the mighty Mackenzie River winds through an unforgiving landscape of dense forests, frozen waterways, and seemingly endless wilderness, an extraordinary ghost story has survived for more than 160 years. It is a tale of death, an unusual final journey, and a mysterious presence that appeared determined to protect the... Continue Reading →
The photograph arrived while Jessie was still trying to decide which part of the nightmare deserved her attention first. Somewhere in Hamilton, a woman who had spent years learning to become her was moving through the city with a man Jessie had only just remembered was her brother. Thirty-two children had been identified by an... Continue Reading →
