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The Serpent of Ashmere Silk: A Folklore Horror of Inheritance, Blood Debt, and the Price of Borrowed Time
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 21 2026
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the fogbound streets of Raventport, silence keeps old secrets safe. But some inheritances refuse to stay quiet.
Elowen Hale has lived her life in the shadow of a tailoring house on Ashmere Row, surrounded by cloth, needles, and things better left untouched. When she inherits a black silk gown stitched with a silver serpent, she learns the truth her family buried: the heirloom can steal years from death itself-but every borrowed moment must be repaid in blood.
As the serpent spirit bound to the silk awakens, Elowen becomes more than its keeper. She becomes its debt.
With her mother fading, her body changing, and the nights growing colder, Elowen is forced to confront a choice no one should have to make. Break a curse that has protected her family for generations-or surrender to it and lose everything that still matters.
The Serpent of Ashmere Silk is a gothic folklore horror of inheritance and consequence, woven with quiet romance, emotional depth, and mounting dread. Readers will experience a richly atmospheric story about legacy, love, and the cost of survival-where courage is measured not by what is taken, but by what is willingly given.
If you are drawn to haunting folklore, slow-burn suspense, and stories where love and fear walk hand in hand, step into Ashmere Row-and discover what remains when the final thread is cut.
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