Shards of Kairos (Horror)

By Lou Aponi

In a forgotten corner of the world, where the laws of time seem to bend and falter, lies the ruined town of Kairos-a place erased from maps and memory. Decades ago, a massive explosion tore through the town's center, leaving behind nothing but twisted wreckage and stories of survivors who claimed the impossible: time itself fractured into shards.

When archeology student Tessa Laurent uncovers a strange artifact while working on a dig near the site, her curiosity pulls her into the mystery of Kairos. The artifact, a jagged piece of blackened crystal, seems alive, pulsing with a faint, rhythmic hum. Tessa begins to experience vivid, unsettling visions of the town's final moments, moments she couldn't possibly know.

But the visions are just the beginning. Time starts to slip around her-moments repeating, hours vanishing, and strange, shadowy figures stalking her in the spaces between seconds. The deeper Tessa digs, the more she realizes the artifact is a shard of the town's fractured timeline, a piece of a horrific event that split reality itself.

As the past, present, and future collide, Tessa discovers the town's grim secret: the people of Kairos unleashed a force they couldn't control, one that doesn't just bend time-it consumes it. Now, the shards of Kairos are reassembling, and the entity that destroyed the town is awakening, ready to break free and devour everything.

With reality unraveling and the line between time and terror dissolving, Tessa must race to stop the shards from reuniting, even as her own existence begins to slip through her fingers.

Shards of Kairos is a mind-bending horror tale of shattered time, cosmic dread, and the inescapable terror of a timeline that won't stay buried.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DQ6K6PDH
• ISBN13: 9798348111243
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Lou Aponi
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"