Isolated Matters

Isolated Matters is a suspenseful thriller centered in Pacifica California a coastal town mere miles from the commotion of San Francisco yet enclosed by mountain ridges and a picturesque fog that appears daily at the most opportune moments. It is a place where people go to enjoy the beauty of isolation. This is the story of one of its residents MJ Matters a young woman struggling to cope with her transition from the animated life she once knew to a paralyzed one resulting from a debilitating disease. MJs husband Bernard Matters cares for her like every husband shouldnurturing her every need while attempting to engage her in happy thoughts. In his own way MJs brother-in-law Alby Matters does what he can to offer her the comfort of a friend visiting her often and telling her strange tales like the one about the mysterious Gull children which somehow eerily seem to provide her with answers to the swirl of confusion around her. As MJ searches her mind to accept the realities of her current physical state slowly she discovers something she didnt expectsomeone or something horrifying is watching her haunting her coming closer and closer each day. Despite every attempt she makes MJ in her immobile state is rendered powerless preventing her from escaping the horrors she knows she is bound to encounter. Isolated Matters is told in three perspectivesMJs Bernards and Albysproviding the reader with insurmountable proof that each of the characters gripping accounts are not just intertwined but bound to collide.