Thirteen Shadows in the Attic - A Mystery of Forgotten Names and Living Stains
Victoria Graves
Publisher: Publishdrive
Summary
In the perpetually fog-kissed town of Port Blossom, Maine, Bellweather Manor stands as a silent sentinel, a Victorian mansion steeped in secrets and shadowed by tragedy. When Cleo Vance, a visual artist haunted by her own melancholy, inherits the estate from her vanished grandmother, Elara Bellweather, she hopes to find solace and inspiration within its decaying grandeur. Instead, she discovers a chilling mystery woven into the very fabric of the house.Thirteen peculiar stains mar the attic’s aged wallpaper—dark, vaguely humanoid shapes that shift when unobserved, whispering disjointed names into the stagnant air. Anonymous letters begin arriving, each detailing the life of a woman who vanished from Port Blossom, echoing the whispers in the attic and forming a chilling pattern. Thirteen women, thirteen stains, thirteen unfolding tragedies.As Cleo attempts to restore the mansion, painting over each stain, she begins to lose fragments of herself—cherished memories, pieces of her identity, absorbed by the very walls she seeks to rejuvenate. The house is exacting a price for its secrets.An unexpected ally appears in the spectral form of Margaret Campbell, a former tenant trapped between worlds, her own story intricately woven with the manor’s mysteries. Together, they delve into Port Blossom’s hidden history, uncovering a clandestine society of female artists known as the "Painted Ladies," their shared passion for art concealing a darker purpose.As Cleo edges closer to the truth, the house fights back. The whispers intensify, the shadows deepen, and the line between reality and the supernatural blurs. She must confront a terrifying choice: uncover the truth and risk complete obliteration, or succumb to the encroaching darkness and become another forgotten name whispered in the attic. Driven by the fading embers of her own artistic passion, Cleo refuses to surrender. With Margaret's spectral guidance, she uncovers a hidden chamber, the heart of a sinister ritual orchestrated by her grandmother, a ritual meant to siphon the creative essence of young female artists. Each stain, Cleo discovers, represents a stolen life force, a soul trapped within the walls of Bellweather Manor.In a final, heart-wrenching confrontation, Cleo must battle not only the malevolent forces within the house but also the spectral echo of her own grandmother. Can she reclaim her fading memories, liberate the trapped souls, and escape the clutches of Bellweather Manor before it claims her entirely? Or will she become the fourteenth shadow
Available since: 12/17/2024.
Print length: 294 pages.
