Persephone
A bullied teen’s buried grief cracks open a hidden power and pulls her toward a secret world she barely understands.
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Wildlife
A traumatized woman seeks solace in nature at a ravine-side house, but a hostile neighbor and a hidden menace unsettle everything.
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The Magic Shop
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Time
A private-space visionary races a doomsday warning, strange children, and cosmic-scale science to save humanity.
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A holistic detective traces an airport explosion, odd gods, and tangled coincidences through modern London.
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The Lottery
A small town’s cheerful annual lottery turns ominous as the ritual’s true purpose emerges.
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Limes inferior
In a tightly controlled future city, a streetwise fixer uncovers the truth behind an apparently fair social order.
Two Truths and a Lie
A compulsive liar revisits her hometown and uncovers a creepy childhood TV show everyone remembers but her.
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The Dead Mountaineer's Inn
A vacationing police inspector in a snowbound mountain inn stumbles into a murder, odd guests, and a mystery that may not be human.
Variable Star
A broke would-be composer boards a relativistic colony ship after a love-and-family betrayal, only to face cosmic disaster.
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The Star
A Jesuit astrophysicist on a deep-space mission uncovers a dead civilization and a discovery that shatters his faith.