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Frank E. Peretti

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Premise labels used: missing person, wilderness survival, cryptid encounter, bigfoot abduction, search and rescue, science gone wrong, creation vs evolution

Setting labels used: Northwest Idaho, Pacific Northwest, wilderness, forest, woods, mountains, cabin, resort, small town, present day

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Briardark

S.A. Harian · 2023 · Briardark

A glacier expedition in a cursed wilderness unravels into vanishing bodies, warped time, and a second investigation.

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Premise labels: wilderness expedition · missing persons · scientific expedition · investigation · recovered evidence · cosmic threat · vanishing body · parallel inquiry · time anomaly · reality distortion

Setting labels: wilderness · forest · mountain · glacier · Pacific Northwest · western United States · remote wilderness · isolated cabin · academic field site · liminal space · alternate reality

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Distance: 0.1661

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Resident Alien Volume 1: Welcome to Earth!

Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse · 2013 · Resident Alien (Collected Editions)

A stranded alien posing as a small-town doctor gets pulled into a murder mystery while trying to stay hidden.

Why this is here

Premise labels: Stranded alien · Hidden identity · Undercover doctor · Murder investigation · Fish out of water · Reluctant detective · Small-town refuge · Human observation

Setting labels: Small American town · Rural setting · Pacific Northwest · Wilderness cabin · Mountain lake · Patience · Earth

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Distance: 0.2152

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Sasquatch

Roland Smith · 1999

A boy follows his obsessed father into a Bigfoot hunt near Mount St. Helens and discovers bigger dangers than he expected.

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Premise labels: cryptid hunt · family rescue · protective son · hidden creature · expedition gone wrong

Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Mount Saint Helens · Portland · volcanic setting · woods · caves · cabin

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Distance: 0.2154

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Girl in the Creek

Wendy N. Wagner · 2025

A freelance writer chasing her brother’s disappearance uncovers a forest-bound fungal terror in an Oregon town.

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Premise labels: missing persons · forest horror · fungal horror · eco-horror · body horror · mystery investigation · brother disappearance · small-town secrets · alien intelligence · morgue disappearance

Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · Oregon · Clackamas National Forest · Mt. Hood · small town · ruined hotel · abandoned mines · forest edge · mining town · wilderness

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Distance: 0.2155

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Hunted Past Reason

Richard Matheson · 2003

Two men on a wilderness research hike spiral into jealousy, fear, and a desperate fight for survival.

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Premise labels: wilderness survival · two-man conflict · manhunt · psychological escalation · research trip

Setting labels: northern California · wilderness · forest · remote cabin · national forest · isolated hike · outdoors

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Distance: 0.2310

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Mastodon

Steve Stred · 2022

After his father vanishes in a banned mountain zone, a determined teen hikes into the woods and finds a hidden nightmare.

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Premise labels: missing parent · search mission · restricted wilderness · secret facility · creature encounter · rescue quest · family disappearance · government cover-up · survival journey · mysterious forest

Setting labels: Canadian wilderness · Rocky Mountains · British Columbia · remote forest · restricted area · militarized zone · hidden compound · top secret facility · mountain wilderness · isolated setting · woods horror · outdoor survival

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Distance: 0.2386

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Bishop's Honor

A.R. Shaw · 2016 · Surrender the Sun

A widow, her son, and a traumatized ex-soldier struggle to survive a sudden mini ice age as society breaks down.

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Premise labels: mini ice age · climate disaster · survival struggle · protect the family · loner protector · societal collapse · human threats · resource scarcity · wilderness refuge

Setting labels: near future · 2030 · Idaho · rural town · forest refuge · wilderness survival · winter setting · cold climate · post-collapse world

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Distance: 0.2486

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The Breach

Nick Cutter · 2020

A retiring Yukon police chief investigates a mutilated corpse and uncovers an isolated nightmare of bugs, secrets, and reality-bending science.

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Premise labels: police investigation · mutilated corpse · missing scientist · isolated wilderness · experiment gone wrong · mysterious machine · reality breach · insect infestation · cosmic horror · body horror

Setting labels: Yukon · wilderness · frigid woods · river setting · isolated house · reservation setting · remote rural setting · alternate dimensions · reality-bending space · claustrophobic setting

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Distance: 0.2490

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Pines

Blake Crouch · 2012 · Wayward Pines

A federal agent wakes in a strange Idaho town with no ID, no exit, and a mystery that keeps deepening.

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Premise labels: missing agents · amnesia · isolated town · no way out · secretive community · investigation gone wrong · survival thriller · hidden truth · conspiracy

Setting labels: small town · isolated town · Idaho · contemporary setting · contained setting · fenced town · suburban Americana · mountain town · woods and cliffs · secretive community

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Distance: 0.2516

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The Wolves of Winter

Tyrell Johnson · 2018

In a frozen post-collapse Yukon homestead, a young hunter’s quiet survival ends when a mysterious stranger arrives.

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Premise labels: survival · small settlement · frozen wilderness · post-collapse society · mysterious stranger · family secrets · outside threat · resource scarcity · carriers/immune conflict

Setting labels: Canadian Yukon · remote Canada · wilderness setting · snow-covered landscape · winter setting · nuclear winter · post-pandemic world · post-war world · isolated homestead · frontier-like settlement · Alaska to Yukon migration

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Distance: 0.2540

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Alan Wake

Rick Burroughs · 2010

A blocked novelist’s cabin retreat turns into a nightmare when his wife vanishes and his own words seem to come alive.

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Premise labels: missing spouse · writer's block · cabin getaway · small-town mystery · dark force · possessed townspeople · reality warp · manuscript clues · writer protagonist · search for clues · memory loss · light vs darkness

Setting labels: Pacific Northwest · small town · rural town · lakeside town · dark woods · cabin · lake setting · nighttime setting · isolated community · supernatural reality · cosmic horror · small-town unease · Pacific Northwest spookiness

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Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · 2017 · Project Nemesis

A teen girl killed every other birthday and a nightmare-haunted classmate uncover a townwide conspiracy as an asteroid nears Earth.

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Premise labels: birthday murder loop · memory reset · teen conspiracy · asteroid threat · apocalypse countdown · secret experiment · hidden truth · small-town mystery · survival stakes

Setting labels: Idaho · small town · rural town · high school · present day · woods · isolated town · Fire Lake · Earth-threatening apocalypse

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Distance: 0.2567

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