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Pitch for In The After:
When a woman disappears, there is always two things that can be counted on -- the lies that lead up to her vanishing, and the truth that will bring her home.
Sidney Burns and Emmy Davis had, at one time, been the closest of friends, never imagining that the relationship which had once defined them would change...until it did. As their lives unfolded, Emmy found herself married, with a child living in the middle of a small town fairy tale. But not everything was as it seemed. Emmy’s husband, Stephen, was more predator then prince- a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the sort of man who was content using fists and threats to keep his wife in line. It was only Sidney whom Emmy trusted enough to understand the fear that kept her tethered to her marriage yet desperate for a way out. But even friendship couldn’t save Emmy. One night will change everything for two girls who never thought they’d be without each other. In the wake of what had happened, only silence was left behind.
Three years after they last spoke Sidney is on the receiving end of a terrifying phone call- one that will rip her world apart, thrusting her head long into the blackest pits of despair. Emmy is missing. Gone in the light of morning. So gone, in fact, it’s like she never existed at all.
In The After seamlessly blends the lore of fairy tales with the mechanics of missing women in today’s world. The consternation, the endless days, the fruitless searches, the bloodthirsty media, all lead to a twist ending so shocking it has rendered readers speechless and reeling as the truth of what really happened to Emmy in her happily ever after is revealed.
After all, sometimes the punishment must fit the crime.
Pitch for In The After:
When a woman disappears, there is always two things that can be counted on -- the lies that lead up to her vanishing, and the truth that will bring her home.
Sidney Burns and Emmy Davis had, at one time, been the closest of friends, never imagining that the relationship which had once defined them would change...until it did. As their lives unfolded, Emmy found herself married, with a child living in the middle of a small town fairy tale. But not everything was as it seemed. Emmy’s husband, Stephen, was more predator then prince- a wolf in sheep’s clothing, the sort of man who was content using fists and threats to keep his wife in line. It was only Sidney whom Emmy trusted enough to understand the fear that kept her tethered to her marriage yet desperate for a way out. But even friendship couldn’t save Emmy. One night will change everything for two girls who never thought they’d be without each other. In the wake of what had happened, only silence was left behind.
Three years after they last spoke Sidney is on the receiving end of a terrifying phone call- one that will rip her world apart, thrusting her head long into the blackest pits of despair. Emmy is missing. Gone in the light of morning. So gone, in fact, it’s like she never existed at all.
In The After seamlessly blends the lore of fairy tales with the mechanics of missing women in today’s world. The consternation, the endless days, the fruitless searches, the bloodthirsty media, all lead to a twist ending so shocking it has rendered readers speechless and reeling as the truth of what really happened to Emmy in her happily ever after is revealed.
After all, sometimes the punishment must fit the crime.