Alice in Shadowland by Philip Stengel
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Horror

Alice in Shadowland

A blood-stained Ace of Hearts opens the door between asylum terror and the shadows of Wonderland.

Psychological HorrorGothic HorrorDark Fantasy

About the Book

Synopsis

Alice Marrow has spent years locked inside St. Dymphna’s Asylum, her reality reduced to white walls, bitter pills, and the whispers of things no one else can hear. But when a blood-stained Ace of Hearts appears beneath her pillow, the boundaries between delusion and nightmare begin to tear.

Each night, the tapping returns, a relentless tick-tock that burrows into her skull, echoing with visions of a crowned woman wielding an axe and a white rabbit with void-black eyes. The doctors call it schizophrenia. Alice knows better. The asylum is more than a prison, it is a gateway, and something on the other side is waiting for her.

As the mirror cracks and fellow patients descend into madness, Alice must confront the truth: either she is losing her mind, or the shadows of Wonderland have followed her back. And they are not here to play.

Alice in Shadowland is a haunting reimagining of the classic tale, blending gothic horror, psychological suspense, and asylum terror into a chilling descent where sanity itself is the final battleground.