The Raven - A Short Story ( 7k Word E-Book)

A war hero lost to memory.
A city that chews up the forgotten.
And a voice that calls from the dark.

Haunted by the horrors of Afghanistan and the family he destroyed after coming home, Carver walks the streets of Albuquerque with nothing but a tattered coat and the ghosts in his head. But something has begun to follow him—black wings overhead, orange eyes in the night, and a whisper that promises peace in the form of surrender.

As his grip on reality crumbles, Carver is drawn into visions—dreams, hallucinations, or something more—of a spectral woman cloaked in ravens. She offers him comfort. She offers him release. But with every step toward her, Carver inches closer to a terrifying transformation, and a bridge where the living aren’t meant to go.

Blurring the line between horror, tragedy, and dark romance, The Raven is a surreal and poetic journey through trauma, obsession, and the hunger for oblivion.

For fans of atmospheric horror, psychological thrillers, and haunting slow-burn descent stories.