Scritch Scratch, Scritch Scratch

The first book from the Seeing is Believing collection of horror novellas, all inspired by Japanese urban legends. Everything is Connected. Subway trains, JR trains, Express trains; they flow through Saitama like veins; the lifeblood of the city. When a little boy in Urawa Ward goes missing, it is up to rookie officer Sasaki to find him before he becomes one of many 'evaporated people.' Never found. Forever missing. Lost. But he gets so much more than he bargained for. Entangled in a web of deceit far greater than he and his mentor, Sergeant Oda, could have imagined, their lives are derailed by one sure fact: The culprit won't stop unless they make him. With no witnesses, no leads, no evidence of foul play, and without a hope in hell, can Sasaki find the missing boy before more lives are lost to the darkness? An origin story inspired by the real Japanese urban legend of Teketeke. PLEASE NOTE: Not intended for younger readers. Contains horror, including: gore, cruelty, violence towards children and animals, inference of self-harm and suicide.