The Locked Diary Found in Abandoned Cottage

By: Holden Dickerson

Narrated by: Lee Golden

Hidden beneath layers of dust and decay, a diary lies forgotten in the corner of a long-abandoned cottage. When art student Lila stumbles upon the crumbling house during a weekend sketching trip, she’s drawn not just to the quiet beauty of its ruin, but to the strange aura it carries—an echo of something unfinished.

The diary, bound in worn velvet and filled with delicate handwriting, tells the story of a girl named Isobel, who once lived in the cottage and vanished under strange circumstances. With each page, Lila uncovers fragments of a past filled with love, longing, and an unnamed fear that crept closer with every entry. But some words seem to shift on the page. Some drawings weren’t there before.

As Lila becomes entangled in Isobel’s fate, the line between story and reality begins to blur. The diary doesn’t just remember—it waits.

The Locked Diary Found in Abandoned Cottage is a lyrical, suspenseful mystery about the power of memory, the weight of forgotten sorrow, and the stories that refuse to stay buried.

©2025 Holden Dickerson (P)2025 Holden Dickerson