# Dire Branches

**Author(s):** Kenneth W. Cain, Brian Fatah Steele
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
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**Genres:** cosmic-horror
**Publisher:** Independently Published
**Published:** Mon Jul 12 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9798529348062
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/dire-branches

## Description

SLAVIC FOLKLORE MEETS COSMIC HORRORAfter a bad breakup, Skye’s friends decide she needs a vacation. They rent Hedwig House in the Appalachian foothills for an extended weekend of partying to get her mind off of things. Just relax with booze, food, and some of her best friends. Best of all, no internet for her to stalk her ex with.Hedwig House is amazing, the owner even more so, but very quickly things seem off. Shadows lurch among the trees, yellow flowers glaring back at them. The angles of the house tilt unnaturally askew, while the stench of decay blows off the lake. One by one, the friends watch as ancient nightmares come alive.These are horrors assembled from elsewhere, now traveling with renewed purpose. Legendary abominations devoted to the dread mother and her cause. There are so many choices that could be cursed, failures to be fed upon. Baba Yaga will let you decide your fate, among all these dire branches.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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**Themes:** Friendship