Darkness of the heart

Posted Feb 20, 2011, 12:47:48 AM UTC

The main characters of the novel I started years ago and now completely remade and started new because I wasn't content with what I did anymore.

River Asher (middle), a famous horror novelist from London, finds out he has an uncle he didn't know about, when he recieves an invitation to visit him. His late parents never spoke of his uncle Henry, his mother's older brother.
He travels to the remote village of Rose Hill at the coast of Cornwall though his boyfriend Graham (right) suggests that suddenly appearing relatives rarely mean something good. Losing his way River meets the 18yo Miles (left), who lives in Rose Hill and is one of the author's biggest fans. He not only helps River get to his hometown, he also tells him that "Ol' Henry" is a weird fellow who lives in a manor on the coast.
Despite River's doubt Henry couldn't be nicer. He openly welcomes his lost nephew, showing him the family manor River's mother left behind with her husband many years ago - for no obvious reason as Henry claims. River, being fascinated by the Tudor style mansion and the wonderful grounds belonging to it feels right at home. But if there is one thing which River hasn't in himself it is ignoring locked doors. And there's this one door to the abandoned wing of the mansion which his uncle tries to hide from him...

I completely changed the setting of the story which originally was very close to the plot of the 1996 awesomeness "Phantasmagoria", a point and click adventure with real actors by Sierra. Maybe this time I will finally finish the story ;)
River's hair is only temporary, I'm still experimenting ;)

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