59 pgs. In Dispatch from the Abyss, the road calls Mama Jo back to the places she swore she’d never see again. Two weeks after the infernal detour that nearly destroyed her convoy, Jo’s restless nights are broken by a voice on the CB – the impossible voice of Cassidy, her long-dead mentor, crying for…
36 pgs. In The Devil’s Detour, data-witch and logistics engineer L.A. Cruz uncovers a terrifying secret buried within the infrastructure of American commerce. When her algorithms begin generating impossible freight routes—phantom trucks traveling roads that don’t exist – she discovers a hidden “shadow network” converging around industrial ruins and sites of disaster. Her superiors dismiss…
From “Rust Belt Gothic Vol 1” Youngstown remembers the taste of the air during the reign of steel. It wasn’t just smoke; it was a chemical cocktail that painted the skies grey and orange, and when it rained, it wasn’t just water that fell. They called it “burning rain,” “acid dew.” Old-timers in neighborhoods huddled…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Mahoning Valley’s Most Haunted Night: “Under a Steel Moon” Invites Audiences Into a Living Ghost Story BOARDMAN, OH – October 2025 – On Saturday, November 1st, the Mahoning Valley’s artistic underground will rise beneath Under a Steel Moon: A Rust Belt Gothic Experience, a one-night immersive event at Studio South Art…
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 6-10 PM | Studio South Art Exchange The veil is thinning and the box office is open.Presales are now live for Under a Steel Moon: A Rust Belt Gothic Experience — a one-night benefit for Full Spectrum Community Outreach and the Rust Belt Theater Co. GENERAL ADMISSION RSVP + SUGGESTED…
Step into another world for one night only. Join us Saturday, November 1, 2025, 6 PM – 10 PM at Studio South Art Exchange in Boardman OH for an immersive celebration of Rust Belt Gothic Vol I – a night of dark storytelling, cabaret performance, and surreal spectacle beneath the steel-gray sky. Featuring Details Saturday,…
49 pgs. When behavioral scientist Dr. Sarah Kim arrives in Millbrook Hollow, a fog-bound Appalachian town recovering from a catastrophic mine collapse, she expects to find a traumatized community. Instead, she discovers something impossible: the townspeople are thriving. They display no signs of grief or PTSD – only a serene unity that borders on the…
35 pgs. Dr. Amelia Chen, a grief-stricken museum curator, finds herself drawn to the Lost & Found Repository, where unclaimed objects seem to hum with sorrow. While cataloging these forgotten belongings, she discovers a secret nocturnal community calling themselves the Menders – immigrants and outcasts who can absorb emotional trauma from objects, healing them at…
66 pgs. Architectural surveyor Maria Rodriguez is sent to evaluate Riverside Towers, a decaying public housing complex scheduled for demolition. Inside, she discovers impossible changes – hallways that stretch infinitely, rooms that shrink with despair, and walls that pulse like living tissue. The residents – maintenance man Ramon, elder Mrs. Santos, exhausted worker Jerome, and…
20 pgs. Dr. Elena Marchetti, a botanist studying industrial contamination, investigates rumors of a strange orchard growing on the abandoned grounds of Ashton Hall Psychiatric Hospital. There, she discovers trees bearing glass-like fruit – faceted, glowing objects that seem to contain more than mere minerals. When a woman eats one and is instantly relieved of…