Where They Wait
An out-of-work journalist tests a mindfulness app that cures his insomnia by opening the door to nightmares and a hidden agenda.
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False Memory
A married couple confronts escalating phobias and missing time, uncovering a sinister mind-control scheme.
Pariah
A young blank Inquisitorial agent in a secretive city is pulled into a shadow war between rival powers and hidden identities.
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Nine
In a world where people have nine lives, a teen who refuses to burn them uncovers a hidden conspiracy.
A Conspiracy of Stars
A teen aspiring scientist on a stranded alien colony uncovers buried truths about her world, her family, and peace on Faloiv.
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We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord
In 1970s Australia, a boy must stop his genius younger sister and a mysterious alien orb from taking over everyone.
Braking Day
A teen engineer on a failing generation ship sees an impossible girl in space and uncovers buried fleet secrets.
Fatal Boarding
A security officer on an exploration starship boards a derelict vessel and triggers a tense alien mystery in deep space.
Gated
A sheltered teen in an isolated cult community begins questioning her prophet-like leader after an outsider shakes her beliefs.
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Nocturnal
Two homicide detectives pursue grisly murders in San Francisco, uncovering a secret underground race and a war hidden beneath the city.
Echogenesis
Fifteen strangers wake on a hostile alien world with missing memories and must survive while uncovering why they were brought there.
Swallowed
On a mission to test a new world for humanity, a botanist confronts a seductive alien mystery and vanishing crewmates.