The Star
A newly appeared celestial body barrels through the solar system, forcing humanity to confront planetary-scale disaster.
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Willow Rose
A burned-out rural ER doctor faces a strange comet, a bloodied child, and a lurking creature in snowy Minnesota.
The Arrest
In a Maine farm community after technology stops working, a writer’s past returns in a strange nuclear-powered vehicle.
The Mist
A storm strands a father and son in a supermarket as a strange mist brings terrifying creatures and social collapse.
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The Language of Liars
A young alien linguist infiltrates a secretive species to study them, but understanding their language may destroy everything.
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The Fatal Eggs
A Russian zoologist’s accidental scientific breakthrough is commandeered by the state, with disastrous results.
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A rural meteorite incident unleashes an indescribable force that slowly poisons a family, farm, and mind.
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The Hemingway Hoax
A Hemingway scholar’s forgery scheme spirals into a violent multiverse crisis, where every death opens another reality.
Ravage
In future Paris, a total power collapse throws society into chaos and forces one survivor to lead others through the ruins.
Web
A remote-island utopia experiment unravels when the colonists discover the island’s real inhabitants are deadly, intelligent spiders.
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
A debt-ridden man takes a dream-auditing job that promises relief, but work, morality, and reality start to blur.
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Wrath
A near-future biotech experiment creates a sapient rat whose escape triggers a violent reckoning for humans.
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