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Heliruna: A Horror Novel
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2026
Pages: 322
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.67 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Do you believe in ghosts?
That's the question that Sabine Stutz is forced to ask herself after a catastrophic accident kills her best friend and soulmate Cynthia Sullivan and leaves her partially paralyzed. It's a long road to recovery, but the doctors are convinced that Sabine's legs will eventually heal. Her broken heart is another question.
Enter Annie Kidd, one of Sabine's classmates. As she brings Sabine's homework every day and helps her heal by her bedside, Sabine starts to catch feelings for her, proving that there may be love after death after all. Sabine and Annie grow closer together, even as Sabine starts noticing odd things happening around the house. As their relationship grows, so do the hauntings, leading Sabine to realize that the girls may be dealing with the restless spirit of Cynthia.
When Sabine goes to her grandmother for help, her grandmother reveals an ancient family secret:
The Stutzes aren't any ordinary family. And this isn't any ordinary ghost.
The sophomore release of Hazel E. Baumgartner (author of The Woods),Heliruna is a fast-paced tale of creeping dread, a tragic story of star-crossed lovers, and a brutal supernatural thriller which one beta reader called the scariest goddamn thing I've ever read.
For fans of Slewfoot by Brom, My Heart Is A Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, and, in a weird way, A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle.
This book was written entirely by human intelligence without the use or assistance of so-called 'artificial intelligence' or LLM technology. Proudly human-written, forever.Also from
Baumgartner, Hazel E.
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