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Last Road to Salvation
by A.F. Stewart

Only the desperate walk the path, the ones where hope surrounds them in tatters and they cling to the small dissolving shreds. They grasp for the sugar-spun lies woven beneath the forest air and hidden spite, held together by the spectres and spread by gossiping tongues.

Belief is powerful, so they come.

Hesitation trails them as they walk the steps, trembling in dread and anticipation, fearing a fraud, but desiring their salvation. Soon, they see only the beauty, the swaying trees, inhale the fragrant pine scent on the breeze, and smile at the wafts of sunshine flitting through the forest canopy. They never heed the lengthening shadows or the narrowing path, do not hear the urgent whispers warning them to turn back.

Even when they stumble, they continue.

They only want a chance to save themselves, a chance to live.

Not once do they consider there are worse things than death.

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Fiction © Copyright A.F. Stewart
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

More from A.F. Stewart:

Visions and Nightmares

Tragedy spares no one… and takes no prisoners.
In the twilight shadows, secrets are revealed past the whispers of madness.

Wander into the realm of the old gods with Elenora, where humanity and marriage are a prison.
Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.
Join with Zenna to seek the truth as her death by magic grows closer.
Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.
Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.
Shiver as Doctor Killbride experiments with corpses to create life from death.
All that and more await within the pages.

Ten stories. Ten women.
Who will survive? Who will fall? And who will succumb to their inner evil?
Find out in Visions and Nightmares.

Warning: This book contains disturbing scenes that may be upsetting to some readers.

Available on Amazon!