Part I Sarah couldn’t remember the exact moment the fever began. It might have been the second night back from the hospital, or the third, when the baby wouldn’t stop crying and Dan had given her that look. Not irritated, just tired in a way she...
Benjamin watched the man in the other aisle. He’d been watching him for a long time. He thought he got rid of Benjamin, but he didn’t. There was no way in hell that Benjamin would give up that easily. This man stole his life, took...
Eli Carver was the quiet one, and everyone knew it. Even the younger kids, who shrieked over cartoons and scraped their sneakers across the kitchen tile as if it were a game, gave him space. Perhaps it was the way he held that worn Polaroid...
I am Gideon St. James, and I have seen the face of the Divine. You do not believe me? It is not a surprise. I am a nobody, a footnote in the historical record, a mere scraping of dirt from a brush compared to the great...
Jamie stood awkwardly in the nightclub under the flashing lights and sweaty bodies moving to the thumping bass beat of the music blaring from the surround-sound speakers. Some things you just couldn’t talk to family about—not friends either—so he figured maybe it would be best...
Part I Raina Alvarez woke in a cold sweat, feeling something awful blooming in her belly. It wasn’t pain exactly—not sharp or stabbing—but a thick, bloated discomfort rolling just beneath her ribs, as if something had taken root there. Her sheets were damp beneath her back,...
Part I I wasn’t even supposed to be there. The whole trip was for Lucas. He’s one of those guys who seeks out the weirdest corners of the internet just to find a new place to scare himself—abandoned hospitals, haunted bridges, bootleg escape rooms run out of...
“EMERGENCY BROADCAST 101: DO NOT LEAVE YOUR AREA.” That’s all the TV would play, the same message on repeat. “EMERGENCY BROADCAST 101” was titled at the top, and “DO NOT LEAVE YOUR AREA” was printed small but clearly visible at the bottom. There was no explanation. No prior...
When Marcus Fulweather volunteers for a revolutionary new vaccine, he believes he’s securing his future against disease forever. But as disturbing symptoms emerge and terrifying mutations sweep across the globe, Marcus discovers his body may hold the key to stopping a catastrophe unlike anything the...
When his best friend Matthew is recruited to work on a secretive government project, a young mechanic soon finds himself pulled into a world of shadowy experiments and vanishing test pilots. As Matthew's flights grow increasingly disturbing and his behavior shifts, an ominous truth emerges:...
When Richard Pell takes a night shift at a strange warehouse, he expects long hours and low pay—not creeping dread and unmarked crates that seem to breathe. As the nights pass and the inventory begins to look more and more human, Richard finds himself caught...
When a cryptic letter lures retired tightrope artist Matteo Morales to a remote canyon in the Andes, he finds more than a second chance at redemption—he finds an impossible wire suspended between obsidian towers, and a ritual that predates history. As visions blur and a...
When Graham and Kristen stumble across a glowing, retro town in the middle of nowhere, it feels like a dream—or a memory. But when the same town appears again in ruins, and later pulls them into a maze of looping streets and smiling strangers, they...
When aging factory worker Edsel Kline accepts a strange late-night position guarding a sealed door in a decrepit industrial building, he thinks it’s just an easy paycheck. All he has to do is read from a strange book every fifteen minutes. But as the door...
Part I Derrick Knowles had long since accepted that he wasn’t going to be anyone’s idea of successful. He hadn’t gone viral. He wasn’t editing splashy commercial reels for film studios. He wasn’t winning short film awards or teaching online courses on how to "build your...
When a covert experiment in a remote forest opens a gateway to another dimension, a massive, unblinking presence emerges from the mist—one that seems less discovered than remembered. As reality begins to warp and time itself frays, those stationed at the site must confront a...
After a devastating fire, Elliot Varn retreats into isolation—until a broken lens from his past begins to show him haunting distortions in the people around him. Guided by whispers and visions, he sets out to expose what lies beneath the surface of society’s saints. But...
Braden Powell tends the most envied garden in Graybury, a flourishing oasis that seems almost enchanted. But behind its locked gates and beneath its fertile soil lie secrets shaped by sorrow. His wife, Meredith, lives in the shadows of their home, haunted by the loss...
The swine. I watched him put away two portions of Kung Pao chicken, eight dumplings, and six spring rolls, and the bastard still has room for dessert. Mom let him have two scoops of black sesame ice cream, and while she was in the restroom, Dad...
Snowed in and grieving the sudden loss of his wife, Wendell turns to an old cast-iron pot for comfort. But as the meals simmer and the past begins to stir, he finds that some recipes are more than just tradition—they're ritual. With each bite, he...
