Into the Dark We Go
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THE WOODS KEEP SCORE
People don’t just disappear in this part of West Virginia—they fade. One by one. Quietly. And the town learns not to ask why.
Nellie is twenty-three and stuck in the aftermath of loss. Two years ago, her boyfriend vanished without explanation, leaving her suspended between grief and unfinished questions. With her life stalled and a reluctant return to her mother’s home looming, Nellie is approached by two strangers who recognize the pattern she’s been living with. Their sister is gone. Same silence. Same absence.
Clinging to the possibility of answers, Nellie joins them, following a thin trail of clues into the Appalachian wilderness—a place where boundaries blur and stories don’t stay buried. The deeper they go, the harder it becomes to tell what’s real and what’s been watching them all along.
The woods have a memory.
They’ve taken before.
And they’re still hungry.
As long-hidden secrets surface and the past presses in from all sides, Nellie must decide whether they’re uncovering the truth—or being carefully led into something far darker.