Chapter One: Whispers in the Fog
In the fog-shrouded town of Forest Mist, librarian and part-time investigator Brian Storm begins to sense a sinister melody returning
Opening Scene The fog had teeth that morning. It clung to the windows of Brian Storm’s apartment like something alive, curling into the corners of the glass and muting the world beyond. The streetlamps outside flickered weakly, their light swallowed whole by the mist. Even the gulls, usually shrieking over the harbor at dawn, had gone silent. Brian stood in the kitchen, barefoot on cold tile, steeping a mug of tea from a...