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Hi, I'm Colton Craig

I'm an aspiring author with a day job in IT. I often turn to writing to get my mind off of work and tech, allowing myself to drift away in a story. Something about coming up with a story that only exists in my head and putting it onto paper is an enjoyment I can't even explain.

I live with my wife, Morgan, and our tortoiseshell cat, Rayne. Morgan is one of my strongest motivators to keep writing—even when I don't feel like it or am stuck. She pushes me because she knows how much I love doing this, even when I want to quit because I hate the last 1,000-plus words I've just written.

Over the years, I've written many short stories, and last year I finished my first novel, which took two years to write. Even though that was a huge accomplishment, none of those felt ready to share—until now. Sickly Love has been years in the making, and I'm so excited to finally share it with you. This is a story I felt needed to be told, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it.

Colton Craig with Morgan in the mountains

New Psychological Thriller

Sickly Love

A psychological thriller about the terrifying lengths a parent will go in the name of protection.

Sickly Love

A Psychological Thriller

Colton Craig

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Synopsis

Allison Ward has spent most of her adult life terrified of what she might pass on to her daughter, Arya—a rare neurological disorder called Primary Memory Atrophy. So when she hears about a remote research facility in the mountains that claims it can "clear out" traumatic memory and stop PMA before it ever shows up, it feels like the first real hope she's had. Without telling anyone, she takes Arya to the Calor Institute, convinced she's doing the right thing.

What she doesn't tell Neil is why. She never tells him about the panic that keeps her up at night, what's actually causing the tremors, or the weight she's carried since her mom died. She's terrified he'll see her as broken… or worse, see their daughter through that same lens.

When Allison and Arya vanish into the institute, Neil is left with nothing but questions and a sinking sense that something isn't adding up. As he starts digging, he realizes Calor's promise to erase this disease might come with a cost no one warned them about, and the secrets Allison kept from him are tangled in something far darker than either of them ever expected.

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"I look at my hands, the tremor isn't getting better. I thought if I ignored it long enough it would go away on its own, but at this point it's gotten worse. I control it as much as I can, because I know Neil would panic if he saw how bad it gets."

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