Bella Morte: The Obsidian Heart

This story is a personal one. Based on a personal loss and my own struggle with PTSD, given a supernatural twist.

After his best friend Chris's sudden and tragic death, army veteran Jose Guerrero is left to navigate a world consumed by a crushing silence.Adrift in the apartment they once shared, Jose is not only haunted by the memories of their lifelong friendship and his own unprocessed war trauma, but by a series of increasingly unsettling occurrences.Fleeting shadows, inexplicable chills, and misplaced objects begin to plague his waking moments, blurring the line between his grief and something far more sinister.

When Jose discovers a cryptic and disturbing note left behind by Chris, he is pulled into a desperate search for answers.The note hints at a terrifying secret and a malevolent presence that tormented Chris in his final days.As Jose grapples with his own guilt and the horrifying possibility that his friend’s death was not just a tragedy but the result of an ancient curse, he must confront a terrifying question: Is he simply losing his mind to PTSD and loss, or has the same dark entity that consumed his friend now set its sights on him?