Don’t mess with the dead. Don’t take gifts from a witch. Don’t sleep in deserted villages. Don’t take anything from a cemetery. Don’t look into mirrors and into the windows of an empty house at night.
The heroes of Albina Nuri’s stories once crossed these prohibitions—out of curiosity, out of fear, in desperation, or out of a thirst for revenge; they stepped into the dark—and the dark stepped toward them. Witches and demons, ravenous undead and restless spirits won’t tolerate carelessness. Evil that has been awakened doesn’t forget: it waits, remembers, and doesn’t let go. Sooner or later, darkness comes for the one who risked peering into the abyss.
Listen: maybe they’re already nearby—and they came just for you…