Hide From the Light: Tirzah M.M. Hawkins Horror Stories, #1

By Tirzah M.M. Hawkins

When is it government overreach, and when is it something more sinister? Palaha is willing to go along with forced confessions and mandated antibiotics, but her husband Maksim is critical of the government interference. When their little girl begins to have visions, the family realizes that resistance may be futile.

Hide From the Light is a 5,000-word short story set in modern-day Belarus during Maslenitsa. It contains elements from multiple fun horror genres such as psychological, supernatural, folk, and religious.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tirzah M.M. Hawkins
• Release date: Dec 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201642068

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Tirzah M.M. Hawkins

Hide From the Light

Copyright © 2021 by Tirzah M.M. Hawkins

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Palaha

3. Maksim

4. Palaha

5. Maksim

6. Palaha

7. Maksim

8. Author Notes:

About the Author

Also by Tirzah M.M. Hawkins

1

Introduction

Ihave a side gig where people can pay me to write a short horror story based upon their idea. We both receive non-exclusive rights to publish the story.

As an intro, I’ll tell you what was pitched to me; stay tuned after the story for some author notes about what research went into the story.

Per the buyer’s request, the name was to be Hide from the Light. The story was to be set in a small community in Belarus during the time of Lent, Maslenitsa, or Shrovetide. The town practices Eastern Orthodoxy. Polish immigration and strep bacteria elements were also to be included. The phrase "Apart from