Reclamation on the Forest Floor — Susie Moloney

A desperate university student does her best to remove her competition from the running, only to find that there is no escaping your other half. From Michael Van Rooy Award-winning and bestselling author Susie Moloney's Things Withered, this short story is one of a set of fourteen tales of lingering suburban horror and all-too human darkness.

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