Welcome to Dear Isla.
This story follows Mark Holloway, a man trying to rebuild his life after experiencing an unimaginable loss. What begins as a story about grief, healing, and finding hope slowly becomes something much darker.
Dear Isla is a psychological thriller exploring obsession, guilt, trauma, and the way a person's mind can change when they lose everything.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy the journey.
— Emily
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Trigger Warnings
Please be aware that this story contains mature and potentially disturbing themes, including:
• Grief and loss
• Death and bereavement
• Survivor's guilt
• Psychological trauma
• Obsession and unhealthy attachment
• Stalking themes
• Violence
• Murder and crime-related themes
• Manipulation and delusional thinking
• Mental health struggles
• Cruelty and disturbing behaviour
• Graphic violence and gore (including body dismemberment)
• Sexual themes
Reader discretion is advised.
Thank you for reading, and please remember to take care of yourself while exploring this story. Your mental health matters.
This story contains a very unreliable narrator,
Not everything is as it first appears.
"The scariest thing about me isn't what I did. It's that I can remember every moment and still call it love."
YOU ARE READING
Dear Isla.
ActionDear Isla, I don't know if you will ever read this. Maybe these words are only for me. My name is Mark Holloway, and I used to have everything - a family I loved, a life I understood, and a future I thought was certain. Then everything changed. Afte...
