When eight-year-old Nellie is taken to Gore Orphanage, run by neurotic Victoria Gore Pryor, she faces danger at every turn and quickly learns that some things are worse than losing her family. Inspired by the Ohio urban legend, Gore Orphanage explores the delicate business of raising children well, the consequences of the breakdown of support for abandoned children, and the power of fire to cleanse and destroy. Female-centric horror written for a female audience.