Everything That Screams is us: Before the Shatter
Before The Shatter
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Young Adult
Grief is a heavy weight, but for Liam Turner, it is becoming a gateway to something impossible. After the sudden death of his father, Liam and his mother move to Oakridge for a fresh start. But the quiet town offers no peace. Plagued by a persistent hand tremor and nightmares of an endless, bone-colored corridor ending in a locked red door, Liam discovers the terrifying truth: his internal nightmares are bleeding into the physical world. He finds an alleyway that shouldn't exist—a spatial anomaly that mirrors his dreams exactly. He isn't alone in this fracturing reality. Zachary hears voices in the shifting school halls. Emma becomes a literal lightning rod for the agonizing emotions of strangers. Ethan watches as every clock in town begins to tick at a different, impossible speed. And Max’s sketchbooks are filling with warnings he doesn’t remember writing: THE END IS ALWAYS RED. As the boundaries of time and space shatter, these five teenagers are drawn together by a shared psychic landscape. To survive, they must confront the darkness lurking behind the door before the world they know screams its final breath. In Oakridge, the shadows aren't just watching—they are waiting to pull you in.