The Veridian Curse

In Veridian Bluffs, a child vanishes every summer solstice. They call it the Selection. My sister Amelia was the last. They say it’s an honor, a communion with nature. But I found her hidden journal, filled with sketches of a maggot god and a town built on a bedrock of lies. Now, the whispers have started in my head, the ticks are gathering at my door, and the town elders are watching me. They think I'm next. I'm not waiting to be Selected. I'm going into the dark to uncover the truth Amelia died for, even if it means facing the mother of all horrors.