Valley Versus Vector by Jahan Ihsan
Set in Corvallis, Oregon & Greenville, South Carolina
They call it the Devil’s Castle. But the Devil never lived here. He was born here.
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On Paris Mountain, the leaves ignite like blood. The wind carries whispers—of children taken, of stained glass windows that bleed pagan light across oak floors, of a statue of Pan mistaken for something far older, far hungrier. The house looms, its cold German stonework veiled in ivy and rumor. Teenagers dare each other to approach the circular drive. Most turn back. A few don’t.
Inside, Ellis Horning is unraveling.
Greenville knows the story. They whisper it in coffee shops. They cross Altamont Road. They say Ellis isn’t his real name. They say the stained glass shows angels being slaughtered. They say the statue of Pan is the Devil. They say the family takes a child every Halloween.
Let them say it. Let them scream it. Let them read it.
Valley Versus Vector is available now. This Halloween, descend into the myth. The infection is waiting.
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