A group of friends head out to enjoy a much-deserved night out and paintballing is on the menu. But the team they are playing against has something entirely different in mind.

The friends find themselves in a battle for their lives in unfamiliar terrain against well-equipped opponents whose motivations are both irrational and lethal.  Considered, “… a true trip into the darkest depths of what mankind is capable of at its worst,” by Midwest Book Review, this story is a classic tale of prey combined with slasher film “edge-of-your seat” vibes with a little modern-day relevance to keep you unsettled.

Bloodshot eyes stare at me curiously, peering out of one of those ski masks that cover your whole face. It wasn’t cold enough for that kind of thing – I don’t even think I’ve ever seen one of those in the stores around here. Must have bought it online. Just black. No design, no pattern – nothing to remember. Just black. The eyes are black too. Is it a girl?  A guy?  I don’t know. Thin shoulders, knobby even through the jacket. Like clothes hanging off a skeleton. That’s a weird-assed thing to think of, but that’s what it seems like.

“We cheer for the victories and gasp at the shortfalls, engrossed in the way her unique vision plays out, because it’s delivered with authenticity and an honesty we don’t always get from storytellers.”

– R. J. JOSEPH, AUTHOR OF MONSTROUS DOMESTICITIES

“L. Marie Wood… might be rewriting existences and what we thought we understood reality and free will to be.”

– R. J. JOSEPH, AUTHOR OF MONSTROUS DOMESTICITIES

“[The Realm] brings Cosmic Horror into the 21st century.”

– John R. Robison, Priest, Sci/Fi/ Horror Enthusiast