Primavera — Hayden Thorne

Images of a young man who died in a dreadful manner suddenly haunt the dreams of eighteen-year-old Adam Cassidy. Even more disturbing are Adam's suspicions regarding those dreams' significance. They started the night he came out to his parents, and, somehow, Adam once knew that boy and had something to do with his death.

The situation's compounded when the shy and cloistered Adam turns to the church and prayers for guidance and solace. He sees the boy from his dreams, who, in turn, leads him to an old church that feels familiar to Adam. The feeling deepens once he enters the church and meets a nameless man who appears to be waiting for him in its shadows.

The longer Adam grapples with his religious parents' shame and disappointment, the more elaborate and disturbing his dreams become until he realizes they're relating a story that happened centuries ago. One that ended in tragedy and yet offers hope for a second chance at happiness if only Adam could unravel the tangled mystery of the church and its lonely caretaker while struggling under the pressure of denying himself to appease his parents.