The Wailed

Every night, Sisters Saoirse and Imogen beg their Dadai to read to them from an old story book, Tales From Ramnon. They’re entranced by the mythical creatures described within its weathered pages.But when tragedy devastates their blissful childhood, the book is closed, and the sisters are forced to cope with a loss darker than they could have ever imagined.As Saoirse and Imogen grow into adults, they attempt to navigate their lives in County Cork, Ireland. But phantoms from their past have followed them, lurking in the shadows and wailing in the night. In desperation, one sister turns to drugs to quiet the horrors, while the other embarks on a journey to seek answers from the fables and myths of their childhood.This is a folk horror story about addiction, loss and pain, family and love, and the possibility of creatures beyond our understanding.Sometimes the stories are real.The Wailed is another of Jae Mazer’s Tales from Ramnon, stories centered around the fictional afterlife of Fort Ramnon, and the creatures that reside there.

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