86: Legacy

A psychological horror novel about grief, inheritance, and the cost of survival

Some families pass down names.
Some pass down traditions.
This one passes down a curse.

After Ash’s death, his sister Maggie is left to raise his son Ethan—and to inherit something far darker than grief. For generations, a malevolent force has fed on this bloodline, growing stronger with every loss, every failure, every moment of despair. It has a name. A number. A mark.

86.

As Maggie begins unraveling the journals left behind by Ash, his father, and his grandfather, she realizes the truth too late: the curse doesn’t haunt places—it hunts people. It feeds on sorrow, thrives on guilt, and waits patiently for the moment a heart breaks enough to let it in.

But Maggie refuses to become another link in the chain.

While the entity learns, adapts, and pushes deeper into their lives, Maggie discovers the one thing it cannot fully consume—love wielded as resistance. As the curse tightens its grip on Ethan, Maggie is forced into a relentless psychological battle where fear is a weapon, grief is a trap, and survival depends on emotional control as much as courage.

86: Legacy is not a jump-scare horror novel.
It is slow, suffocating, intimate dread.
A story where the monster speaks.
Where trauma echoes across generations.
Where the real question isn’t whether the curse can be defeated—but what it will cost to starve it.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Psychological horror rooted in grief and family trauma

• Intelligent, sentient antagonists that learn

• Dark supernatural lore tied to lineage and legacy

• Emotionally grounded horror with high personal stakes

This is not the end of the story.

It’s what the curse left behind.