Welcome To Ravenswood: The Foundation Series, #2

By Spectral Drogo

This is a short story.

 

Stella and her mom were watching TV one Sunday night when there was a knock at the door. They waited, but the knocking turned into banging.

 

After a confrontation with a home intruder, Stella's life is changed forever. She must navigate two different life changes while trying to keep her sanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spectral Drogo
• Release date: Feb 12, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224543335

Book preview

Today I found a town that doesn't exist: Welcome to Ravenswood

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Prologue

I can still remember when my life went to hell, the day my mother was murdered, the day that changed my life forever.

We were at home watching a stupid movie but I didn’t care. Anytime I could sit with my mom and watch TV I was grateful for the experience. My mom worked long hours Monday-Saturday so, Sunday was the only day we could sit down and see each other. My dad died when I was four so I don’t remember him much.

As the movie was nearing the final act someone knocked on our front door. The first time the person knocked my mom ignored it, she told me people could call first if they were coming over. We tried to go back to watching the movie afterward.

But the person knocked again, this time with so much force that it knocked a picture off the wall closest to the front door. We got up and I slowly moved to the TV to look out the window behind it. There were no cop lights, there wasn’t even a car outside. I went for my phone right away and dialed 911, but my mom told me not to call them yet.

It’s possible that this person is just drunk, sweetheart. Don’t bother the police for this just yet. My mom whispered to me as she turned the volume to the TV down. I could tell by her expression that she was nervous, or maybe she was scared.

There was another knock, this time I was sure the door