A terrified woman stands in a forest clearing near a giant, split tree as a faceless, moss-covered forest god emerges. A humanoid figure with bark-covered limbs stands nearby, and eerie faces are pressed into the soil around them, all surrounded by fog.

ROOTBOUND Beneath the Bark

The fog pressed in like a living thing, thick as wool and humming low in her ears. Lark didn’t remember stepping off the porch, but she found herself standing on…
Inside a rotting Victorian house, a trapdoor in the floor reveals a dark staircase lined with pulsing roots. A figure resembling a man stands below, his eyes hollow and arms transforming into bark-covered branches. An eerie yellow glow illuminates the supernatural basement.

ROOTBOUND What the Roots Remember

Chapter Two: Lark didn’t scream. She wanted to. Every inch of her body was urging her to open her mouth and let loose something primal and piercing. But something about…