# One Who Pursues Chapter 1

**Author(s):** James Ridner
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**Genres:** southern-gothic, psychological-horror, thriller, mystery
**Pages:** 19
**Publisher:** Rakuten Kobo Inc.
**Published:** Tue Dec 31 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/one-who-pursues-chapter-1

## Description

In the Southern town of Canterbrook, the four troubled teens Maxwell, Darius, Weston and Paisley banded together to form the Grizzly Riders gang with one aim in mind: get revenge on the Black Paragon, a faction who governs the town and allegedly terrorizes the families. They sketch their plan around a bonfire, smoking methamphetamine until their veins fill with rage sharper than any knife. But something’s watching them, something ravenous, omnipotent, coiled in the shadows: the crow perched on the sycamore tree branch. It continues following them through the neighborhood, which becomes entirely vacant by tomorrow's dawn. Eventually, what started as a revenge plot twists into flashbacks of darker times and drug-fueled hallucinations bleeding into reality until the line between paranoia and truth vanishes.

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**[*One Who Pursues*](https://archive.org/details/one-who-pursues_ridner/) © 2024–2025 by [James Ridner](https://substack.com/@jsridner) is licensed under [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).**

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**Themes:** Revenge