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Second Born
On a remote, windswept island, Dr. Theodore Harrow grieves the loss of his beloved wife Evelyn—dead from cancer, her body failing even as she gave birth to their second child. But grief can twist the mind. And in Theodore’s mind, science still holds one last hope.
Raised in eerie isolation, young Elias Harrow begins to suspect something is deeply wrong in the house. His father is secretive. The servants whisper. And behind a locked nursery door, his infant brother Jude grows at an unnatural pace.
When the truth is finally revealed, Elias is forced to confront a terrifying Jude is no ordinary child, but a living experiment—part human, part cancer, and entirely wrong. A conscious tumor born of grief and science, Jude is a horror that was never meant to live.
As the island descends into madness, Elias must make a protect what’s left of his family… or destroy the abomination they’ve created.
The mere act of writing a book is an accomplishment worthy of praise, regardless of the end result. There's no need to focus on quality; what's really important is that they finished it. Well done, Granny of Horror!" -- Jeff Strand, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Twentieth Anniversary Screening.
Raised in eerie isolation, young Elias Harrow begins to suspect something is deeply wrong in the house. His father is secretive. The servants whisper. And behind a locked nursery door, his infant brother Jude grows at an unnatural pace.
When the truth is finally revealed, Elias is forced to confront a terrifying Jude is no ordinary child, but a living experiment—part human, part cancer, and entirely wrong. A conscious tumor born of grief and science, Jude is a horror that was never meant to live.
As the island descends into madness, Elias must make a protect what’s left of his family… or destroy the abomination they’ve created.
The mere act of writing a book is an accomplishment worthy of praise, regardless of the end result. There's no need to focus on quality; what's really important is that they finished it. Well done, Granny of Horror!" -- Jeff Strand, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Twentieth Anniversary Screening.
92 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 16, 2025
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