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Counterfactual
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  • Reads 138,481
  • Votes 7,890
  • Parts 35
  • Time 9h 2m
  • Wattys winner
Complete, First published Oct 05, 2017
Rowan was just here to be a ghostwriter. Investigating a small town's folklore and its connection to a real life murder wasn't part of his contract.       
 
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Rowan Underwood promised himself he'd do one last gig as a ghostwriter, tired of hearing everyone say how good of an opportunity it is. Bags packed, he moves to a small town in Nova Scotia, hands full of mythology and folklore books to write the work of a lifetime, and even has the help of Isla Guerreiro, small and fierce. When the myths become reality, when he's not entirely sure reality is what it appears to be, Rowan must do everything in his power to find out the truth about a murder before his name cannot be cleared any longer.

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Content warnings: This story contains some scenes of violent nature.
   
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