The Manuscript by William Hope Hodgson is an intense novella that connects directly to Puzzling Puzzle by Khala Grace, William Hope Hodgson, and Stephanie James Publishing, part of a Choose Your Own Adventure-style series where each author contributes a new novella to continue the story.
This project lets readers experience many different voices and writing styles while still traveling through one interconnected narrative world, choosing new paths and uncovering hidden branches of the larger tale.
Authors who would like to participate, and readers who want to explore this expanding adventure, can visit StephanieJamesPublishing.com for more details.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
After the tragedy at the Mojave Desert Phone Booth, Rachel begins reading the mysterious manuscript that Brycen uncovered within the ruins of an abandoned structure hidden deep in the desert.
At first, the aged journal appears to tell the story of a grieving widow living alone in a strange house surrounded by endless gardens, monstrous wolf-like entities, and impossible visions of crimson worlds beyond human understanding. But the deeper Rachel reads, the more unsettling the details become. The manuscript begins echoing discoveries Brycen made before the desert expedition, connections that feel far too precise to be a coincidence.
Now Rachel is forced to confront a terrifying possibility:
What if the manuscript is not simply a story?
What if it is another clue… the next piece of the puzzle Brycen spent years trying to solve?
And if the manuscript is pointing somewhere… is she supposed to return to the ruins where it was found?
Are these beasts more than fiction? And if she reads the book, will she find the key to understanding the mysterious mammalian genome connected to humanity’s growing collapse?
