Parijat Mukherjee

Blackrift Gate Parijat Mukherjee

The Orphan World floats aimlessly in the void. Humanity now populates once haunted lands, bearing fading signs of forgotten eons, and aftermath of some strange event. Unexplained incidents keep happening in various corners of this world. Disappearances. Accounts of strange sightings. Insanity. Horrifying legends and absurd folklores circulate around fireplaces in hushed voices. This book is a collection of such fragmented individual events, ofren taking place around a particularly peculiar valley. Wavy hillocks shrewd in mist, surrounded by highlands like an ancient wall, guarding the secrets. Stories: Blackrift Mansion: Mysterious phenomena starts to take place around a mansion in a foggy valley. Shady group of villagers engage in cryptic rituals as some souls find themselves struggling against an unknown threat as they are dragged into a bizarre event. The legends of the Old Water might as well be true. The Cave Horror: Two prehistoric hunters take shelter from thunderstorm in a seemingly normal cave. Things start to take a sinister turn as night falls. Journey to the Eastern Mounds: Prehistoric people from the same tribe need to make a journey to a misty valley of rolling hills, eastwards from their camp. They take the Shaman's Trail, a shorter rout to their destination. It was supposed to be an uneventful journey. Normally. Ceterum Sanguis: An impoverished single father from the Italia of this world makes a risky venture to an annual fair at a big city, hoping to earn enough to afford a supposedly miracle cure for his dying son. But everything changes after a strange encouter on the way.