Nora wakes up with a ring on her finger she doesn't remember buying, a bruise on her wrist she doesn't remember getting, and a text from an unknown number: Did you sleep well?
By noon, she finds a photo on her phone—taken at 3:47 AM—of herself sleeping on the couch. She didn't take it. Or maybe she did. She can't remember.
As the messages multiply and the evidence mounts, Nora discovers a hidden burner phone, a folder of seventeen sleeping photos, and a sister who knows more than she's telling. The line between gaslighting and genuine memory loss blurs. The antagonist may be outside her door—or inside her head.
Somewhere in the gaps of her own mind, another Nora is waiting. And she has been waiting a long time.
Quinn Blackwood is the author of the Hollow Creek psychological thriller series — slow-burn stories of betrayal, gaslighting, and the unsettling secrets buried in small-town life. Quinn writes for readers who trust no one and sleep with the lights on. When not crafting unreliable narrators and twist endings, Quinn can be found haunting used bookshops and rewatching classic psychological suspense films. Hollow Creek Echoes is the latest installment in the series.View all by Quinn Blackwood
