Not so long ago, ghost stories were born over campfires or whispered to life on school playgrounds. Now they can travel from a computer in a dark room to a phone screen an ocean away with one keystroke. Juna Poe is a typical high school senior, counting the days until graduation, fighting with her mom, and drawing--until an incident at school unlocks something monstrous in the pages of her sketchbook. Juna goes about her regular life—fixing the Wifi for the witch next door and not having a crush on her best friend, Callie--unaware of the ancient magic stirring in the Appalachian mountains around her. Because the Silverfish has been born. And it is watching. The story should have stopped there, dying in a small town with an angry girl--but then her brother posts about her creation online, and people start to disappear. Now, Juna and her friends must delve into old folk magic to fight a monster spawned in misty mountains and solidified on the dark web.

Publication Year: 2024