In the forgotten town of Culling, fire was once worshipped, sacrifice was celebrated, and memory was currency. Now, decades after the last Trial, the past has clawed its way back from beneath the soil-dragging the Anders bloodline with it.When Jack Anders returns to his cursed hometown with his daughter Sarah, he uncovers a new Culling hidden behind polished signs and silent stares. Calling High still stands, but Room 206 breathes. The Trial Seat still waits. And Eliza Anders-the one who tried to break the pact-has returned, her flame whispering through the blood.What begins as a search for truth spirals into a descent through fleshbound chambers, sentient journals, tongue-sewn cultists, and a town that refuses to forget. As Jack, Sarah, and her twin confront buried horrors and haunted legacies, the line between history and destiny blurs.Some flames warm. Some consume.In Culling, the flame remembers.Culling: Origins of the Flame is a 300+ page horror novel drenched in grief, gore, and generational trauma. Brutal, poetic, and unflinching-it's a gothic tragedy written in blood, ash, and hope.