Journey into the city via a series of loosely-connected short stories sure to make your skin crawl. Come for the shiny singular skyscraper in the center of downtown. Stay for some of Bessie Aven’s famous punch. But watch out for the hellhound and our resident serial killer. And perhaps steer clear of that doll shop.
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Trigger Warnings for Ridgeville: Volume 1
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “A Birthday Wish”:
Death of a child. Child injury/disfiguration (not by violent cause)
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “Background Noise”
Discussion of suicide. The scene does not occur on the page, and specific details are not given.
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “Six Feet Under Coyote Bluff”
Domestic abuse, including to a child. Described in flashback without vivid details.
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “The Burdens of Maintaining Life”
Homelessness (and discussions of exploitation of homeless individuals); drug use mentioned in a cursory manner
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “August 13th”
Suicide and suicidal ideation discussed; aftermath of a suicide described (from a distance, but it’s clear what occurred)
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “Scraps”
Mentions of homelessness; the main character lives in her car for part of the story
Highlight below for trigger warnings pertaining to “The Hellhound of Ridgeville”
Animal attack; violence to a child; death of a child (all shown on the page)
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