For some souls there is no restAnn prepares to hunt for a beast and cut out its heart, which she needs to keep herself and her family safe. She has only her pistol, knife, and sharp wits to keep her alive-and she'll need 'em all! But the bloodthirsty beasts that roam the street aren't the only threat out there. She has to watch the hour and make haste, or else...Can Ann save herself and her loved ones, and also keep her humanity?The Third Hour is the second installment in the Bjorn J. P. Peeters Half-hour Dark Fantasy & Horror series Tormented. If you're looking for a dark story of survival in a cursed city, and would like to get a glimpse into a world where there is little hope left, but not all compassion has gone, then give 'The Third Hour' a try!Read it now!---TORMENTED is a Dark Fantasy & Horror series of standalone short stories. In each installment one or sometimes many souls, living or dead, find themselves in a tormenting and twisted situation from which they cannot easily escape, if at all. Sometimes the stories have a (relatively) happy ending where peace or at least acceptance is found. At other times, the end foretells more torment to come. You can read the stories in any order you like. Check out the bundles, too!---Half-hour Dark Fantasy & Horror stories are the perfect format for a break at work, a boring wait at the dentist's office, your commute, or just whenever you want to relax and have fun

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