Recovering addict and single mom Jessie Milano wakes from a hangover to find her daughter missing from their Northern Californian family farm. After her daughter is found, Jessie senses something different with her daughter and reluctantly begins believing the insane idea that an ancient terror lurks in the marshes, a nightmare that threatens to destroy everything she loves.
The Roots Have Dug into My Heart by Peter Fugazzotto is a horror novella exploring how far a mother will journey to save her daughter.
This was a short supernatural thriller steeped in folklore.
Jessie is a party girl whose good times have run out, along with the father of her child. Vowing to lay off the booze and drugs is easier said than done but that is the promise she makes in order to get her mother to take them in. Jessie tries, or thinks she does, to be a decent mother, but she just can't give up her nights in the bars drinking and drugging the pain away. It is after one such night, when the hangover is at it's peak and the burden of motherhood is more than she's willing to bear, that she wakes to find her daughter gone, wandered (or lured?) into the marsh. When she is found, she no longer seems to be the child she once was. Have the drugs finally addled Jessie's mind or is there some truth to the old folklore? The marsh does not give up it's secrets easily and Jessie may not be strong enough to find the truth.
I would recommend it to all horror fans.
I would recommend it to all horror fans.
4 out of 5 stars
I received a complimentary copy for review.
About the author
Peter Fugazzotto is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly and Grimdark Magazine. His series The Hounds of North was launched with The Witch of the Sands in 2014. He is a lifelong martial artist and a World Champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
More information about Peter and his writing, including free stories, can be found at www.peterfugazzotto.com
Peter Fugazzotto is a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly and Grimdark Magazine. His series The Hounds of North was launched with The Witch of the Sands in 2014. He is a lifelong martial artist and a World Champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
More information about Peter and his writing, including free stories, can be found at www.peterfugazzotto.com
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