Carl: An Easter Horror Thriller Novella

Two weeks before Easter, fourteen-year-old Tess finds something she thought was long gone—a tattered stuffed rabbit named Carl, buried in a box of Easter decorations. Once her favorite childhood toy, Carl now seems... different. His button eyes glint in the dark. His stitched mouth curves in a way it never did before. And when Tess holds him, she feels something stir inside her—something wild, something wrong.

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At first, it’s little things. Strange dreams. An unsettling sense that Carl is watching, waiting. Then the accidents begin. People around Tess start getting hurt. Friendships crumble. Tess starts losing time, waking up with dirt under her nails and the taste of copper on her tongue.

As Easter draws near, Tess realizes Carl isn’t just a toy—he never was. He’s come back for a reason, and he won’t stop until he’s finished what he started all those years ago.

This spring, something is growing– rising. And it’s not the resurrection anyone was expecting.