Heralds of Mystery. The Stone House.: Chronicles of the Unusual

By X. F. Moix

Heralds of mystery, was born with the purpose of transmitting the chronicles of those unfortunate witnesses who have lived through all kinds of mourning and impossible events. In this series of stories, there will be no place for orthodox reasoning or hasty speculation. None of the events narrated by the witnesses will be logical enough to expect to find satisfactory solutions.
Prepare to enter a world where the diffuse reality will test your sanity.
Will you go unpunished or will you become another herald, a fatal protagonist of the impossible?

• Language: English
• Publisher: BadPress
• Release date: Apr 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9781071539040

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PROLOGUE

The only thing I remember from my previous life, are the moments of real terror before my arrival. It is frankly simple and disconcerting to remember them so easily. But perhaps emphasizing them, I managed to recover my identity and find a way to leave this place. When I close my eyes, I return again to that moment:

It has grown dark and I am still lost. The peaceful day has become a horrible nightmare through a bleak forest, looking more and more spooky. The flashlight stopped working minutes after observing a worrying wound on my side. I wouldn’t know how to calculate the exact time I’ve been running aimlessly through the brush. Tearing my face with the branch. The pain will not stop me, because the fear that grips my heart overcomes it.

Tiredness is already making a dent in my punished body. But I feel as if an invisible force is insufflating the energy that I am gradually losing. It is curious, despite the poor visibility and my lack of attention to the steep and slippery terrain, I have not yet fallen flat on my face. Something that would be fatal given my circumstances.

It’s time to stop for a few moments to catch my breath... I feel my wound and the humidity in my fingers, I feel that it has not stopped bleeding. Time is short.

Behind me, I hear the creaking of the roots that