Best Left Buried

"If a bird flies out of a house of sickness, the patient will die." Young Arliss Pardot is pulled form a wrecked cabin full of empty bird cages and the body of a dead old man. Years later, Arliss returns to bury the stranger who gave her birth. Secrets wait there for Arliss. Secrets that are Best Left Buried.

"If a bird flies out of a house of sickness, the patient will die." The hills around Morganton, North Carolina are full of secrets as is the town itself. A young girl Arliss Pardot, is removed from the wreckage of a dilapidated cabin that is filled with empty bird cages and the corpse of a long dead man. Years later she has moved on, has no recollection of her past and is living her life in New York when she gets a call that her mother has died in Broughton Mental Hospital. As she learns about her childhood, many dark secrets come to light. An unrequited love, a sinister preacher and his odd cult, a black ritual and a malignant entity all lurk there in the shadows of the quaint Southern town. But some questions are best unasked and some secrets are Best Left Buried.

Cindy Hutchins was born in the Blue Smoke Mountains of Eastern North Carolina. She grew up wandering the haunted foothills and listening to the old story tellers. Her work is influences heavily by both. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with her wonderful son, Gabriel and two rodents.