The Drowning House

Living in a town that is literally sinking into the mud changes people. You start looking for ghosts just to explain why everything feels so heavy.

“The house was back. It had risen from the muck like a drowned man’s ghost.”

Simon's house coming back up from the water feels like a bad memory you can't push down. Some things are better left at the bottom of the river.

Small towns always have that one family everyone fears but no one talks about. The Chainey family holds secrets that feel as cold as the water under the floorboards.

“You can leave the marsh, but the marsh never really lets go of your boots.”

Coming home to a place you hated is a special kind of torture. It makes you realize you never really escaped the mud or the gossip.