The Butterfly Girl: A Haunting Psychological Thriller

by Antoinette McCormick

Genres: Ghost; Gothic; Psychological Thrillers; Supernatural suspense; haunting; psychological thriller; metaphysical

Synopsis

Featured in Haunt, an anthology by Dragon Soul Press, this psychological horror by the author of Dead of Winter will forever change the way you look at hauntings!

Kat has more than ghosts on her mind when she joins her friends for a “haunting party” at a luxury woodland retreat. Every night since she received her invitation, fear and suspicion have followed her into sleep. Kat is a woman hounded, haunted by nightmarish visions that might be more than just a parade of disturbing images.

She’s not the sole keeper of her dreams, either...

Someone else is aware of their content and wastes no time telling her!

Who is Kat’s stalker? What relationship might they have with Kat, her friends, or the location of their weekend adventure?

Strange occurrences at the cabin all seem to hint at an answer; but during a deadly encounter, the true nature of Kat’s nightmares reveals itself with sinister clarity, propelling the story to its extraordinary conclusion.

Release date: April 9, 2022

Publisher: Independently published

Print pages: 75

Sample

The card, plain as its outer covering, contained four lines, each written in block letters with a permanent black marker. Its ink, determined to outdo the flowers in funereal reek, had bled through the thin card stock, leaving an incomplete phantom alter-image on its opposite side. An image eroded in the places where the marker’s fine point had pushed through, its sentiment punctuated by a series of small yet intentional punctures.

As I read those words, a tremor juddered through me. The ground seemed to evaporate beneath my feet, my mouth turned to sand, and my tongue to ash.

 

I know where you go when you think you’re asleep.
I’ll never leave, never let you keep
Your secrets. Buds, coffins, chrysalises
All open with a scream.