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…
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…
17 pgs. When a wildfire devastates the small town of Millfield, California, disaster archivist Dr. Sarah Chen is sent to recover what remains of its public library. Among the ruins, she begins encountering impossible phenomena—stories reappearing in the ashes, rewritten versions of books and personal records that seem to speak directly to the community’s grief….
66 pgs. In a fractured world still echoing with the hum of abandoned industry, a group of monks, scholars, and patrons leaves their monastery in search of a place whispered about in dreams and fragments of scripture – a hidden valley where the faithful are said to live untouched by hunger, fatigue, or despair. Their…
33 pgs In the rusted shadow of a fallen steel town, social worker Carmen Deluca joins a clinical trial that promises to reverse the cellular damage of stress. The treatment works – her body heals, her mind sharpens, and the noise of exhaustion finally fades. But beneath the corporate language of “wellness” lies a quieter…