EllisVanWyk

Inheriting a bride and losing his father might not have been the best reasons for moving across the country, but when Eiren arrives at his betrothed's family castle, the prospect of being married becomes far less concerning than simply not going insane... or getting himself killed. • • •Called to the home of his betrothed at the Kelfordshire Estate, Eiren Adair is suddenly pulled from a life of comfort far, far away from his father and any marriage obligations. Now in want for comfort and luxury, he finds himself trapped in wait for his impending marriage to the Lord Van Wyk's daughter in a season of perpetual rain and snow. Surrounded by a hostile family and haunted by the terrifying statues scattered around the estate - modeled after the dead wives of the Lord Van Wyk by the famed sculptor Severin Quilby - Eiren must come to terms with his own desire to live and escape, before he becomes another tragedy of Kelfordshire Castle. • • •▪️ 2020 Wattys Horror Winner▪️ 1st Place Horror 2021 Punk Rock Awards▪️ Content Warning: Contains some vulgar language and mild violence…

EllisVanWyk

Vicar Andrews is avoiding his brother's funeral by hiding upstairs in the family house, rifling through the boxes that will inevitably go to an estate sale, when he discovers a journal far too old to be his brother's. Possessed by curiosity and eagre for the distraction from the guests he's supposed to console, Vicar finds himself lost in the world of the journal's owner, Winn Peterson - a resident at his very house one hundred years ago. As he loses himself in her increasingly disturbing recollection of events within the house, the similarities between their situations grow to an incoincidental degree. The sudden appearance of the doctor in both Winn's life and his late brother's, as well as the rapid decline of their respective states of health, prove a worrying trend in the dark history of the Andrews Estate. Battling the traumatic memories of his own turbulent past, Vicar begins to suspect that the connection between his brother's death and the unfortunate fate of Winn Peterson are tied together by something far more sinister than a suspicious doctor.Completed 25 July 2023 at 100k wordsFeatured 2x on StoriesUndiscovered…

EllisVanWyk

When the children of a cursed family welcome a stranger into their home, they find both fearsome loyalty and a deadly history, each one threatening to topple the walls of their broken home. . . . Shunned by their neighbours and the nearby town, the Hase family has only ever known isolation. As the children grow into adulthood under the maddening neglect of their parents, each one bearing their own scars, they have no choice but to believe in the bars on their windows and the dampness of the ever-chilled hallways. For Evan, his life has no hope of improvement. Cursed with a crippling disability from birth, he can no more quit the Hase Manor than he can leave his room unassisted. Every scarce moment he has left is spent under the sick gaze of the house, pining through his books and his daydreams. Everything he and his siblings know, however, is thrown into disarray when a stranger arrives on their doorstep, begging for employment. Nobody knocks on the Hase's door, but there he is, ragged, disheveled, and mysteriously quiet about his past. Suddenly, the house is filled with fires again, warm drinks, and laughter. Evan's sister Petra can share her wordless obsession of the garden with someone who won't mock her; his brother Piers is relieved of the burden of being the eldest, always watching his disabled siblings; and Evan himself finds the impossibility of friendship a mere bad memory. Eagre for the disruption of their family's curse, none of the Hase children want to see the secret that lurks beneath the quiet surface of their new friend, a secret that will haunt him, and everyone, to death. Contains graphic depictions of gore, violence, and some scenes of sexualityslow updates…

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Adored at last in a world where he's only known disdain, Iyan finds himself following his lover into hell itself...Iyan Lutton can sing no songs, paint no pictures, and play no instruments. All he is good for is ferrying the letters of his talented neighbours across the country and following the orders of his less-than-loving uncle in the post office. Days after the sudden death of his beloved aunt, however, he meets a foreigner in the post office, a wild woman of swirling red hair and eyes like autumn leaves who is miraculously eagre to spend her time in the country with him. Bewildered by her attraction, Iyan hardly hesitates to follow her back to her homeland after his aunt's funeral, where a once-in-a-century celebration is to last for the next three days. The deeper the revelry takes them into the woods, however, the more Iyan is forced to suffer the hallucinations of a religion far more mad than his own, to question his reality, his purpose, and most importantly, his survival.Contains drug and alcohol use, sexual content, and graphic gore.NOW PUBLISHED ON AMAZON VIA RAVEN TALE PUBLISHINGGet your kindle copy here ---> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCSMT176…