THE LOBBY

I’m not wrapping this in a bow. From December 24–28, The Dollmaker of Point is free on Amazon. No email signup. No catch. Just a full Texas thriller about a town that should’ve stayed buried, secrets that don’t respect holidays, and a killer who never clocked out. Consider this my Christmas gift to readers who prefer their stories dark, unsettling, and just a little too real. Merry Christmas. 🎄🩸

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, bagged, and transported while the house was scrubbed clean and returned to the market. Hours later, in the morgue, his body began bleeding again—fresh, warm, and impossible. When the wounds reopened, the house answered too. New stains surfaced where blood had already been erased, as if the violence hadn’t ended… only relocated.

Lesson 7 is your wake-up call to stop auditioning for love and start disqualifying the wrong people early. Dating isn’t about being chosen — it’s about compatibility, honesty, and refusing to shrink yourself for approval. This lesson breaks down why wearing a mask early guarantees resentment later, how clarity filters faster than chemistry, and why the right people don’t need you to perform to stay.

In a quiet East Texas county, a routine autopsy was signed, filed, and closed as accidental. By morning, the report had changed—cause of death rewritten, injuries added, timeline shifted. The medical examiner swore she hadn’t touched it. Worse, when the body was reexamined, it now matched the new report. No access logs. No explanations. Just paperwork that corrected itself—and a truth that arrived late.

Lesson 6 dismantles the myth of closure and replaces it with something far more powerful: distance. Not every situation needs a conversation, an explanation, or an emotional wrap-up. Some endings don’t come with answers — they come with peace. This lesson is your permission slip to stop reopening healed wounds, stop negotiating with the past, and finally accept that walking away is sometimes the most complete resolution you’ll ever get.

A man walked into a small East Texas sheriff’s office before sunrise and calmly confessed to a murder that hadn’t happened yet. Minutes later, deputies found the victim exactly where he said she’d be—killed while he sat in their interview room. When he predicted the next two deaths with the same impossible accuracy, the question stopped being who was doing the killing…and became what he was remembering.

Lesson 5 exposes the truth nobody wants to admit: you can’t save people who are dedicated to their own chaos. You’ve been playing emotional lifeguard for adults who keep diving back into the same fire, then acting shocked when they get burned. This is your permission slip to stop rescuing, stop explaining, and let consequences do the teaching you never could.

They say the Pine Curtain keeps to itself, but anyone who’s lived near Nacogdoches long enough knows better. Shadows move out there—slow, deliberate, almost curious. When Hannah Cole walked out of those woods after three days missing, she didn’t come back alone. Something followed. Something that learned her shape a little too well.

Silence isn’t rude—it’s a power move. You don’t owe your plans, emotions, or personal business to people who gossip, pry, or twist information for sport. The quieter you become, the safer your life gets. Not everyone deserves access to your inner world, and withholding details isn’t secrecy—it’s strategy. This lesson breaks down why your silence isn’t cold… it’s self-protection.

You’re not “acting different.” You’re adapting to the energy people bring into your life. Warmth is earned, not owed. When someone demands the best version of you while giving you their worst, that’s not your cue to over-explain—it’s your cue to survive. This lesson breaks down why your personality shifts aren’t attitude… they’re intelligence, boundaries, and dark-side self-protection.