What the Witch Moth Brings: and Other Localities

by E.M Otero

About The Book

A man is haunted by an apparition that appears like his dead wife; sweet corn enthralls the descendants of a town settlers; A bunch of hikers are harassed by a clown; a woman grieving the loss of her family moves to a cabin surrounded by Ominous aspens; a man moves rural cemeteries and collapses a grave; the sins of a father inherited by his son; a vengeful spirit takes revenge on a group of gangsters.

This collection of EM Oteros is inspired by the strange experience growing up in a small town in upstate New York. Where the remnants of its bloody history can be found in the soil itself.

These stories feature the broken, hopeless, and grim individuals that populate the haunted hills beyond the Big City.

These horrors will be familiar to anyone who has lived in a small town. These horrors are local.

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