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Night turns to day and everyone's afraid to leave their sanctuary, and yet, something threatens it.

A standalone horror story shrouded in mystery, where the unexplainable happens and neighbors are forced to trust each other. A slow burn that'll chip your sanity away.

Just because you can't see anything there doesn't mean it's not dangerous.

Illustrated by the author himself, see a world that has been reduced to nothing but an oasis in the dark. What recourse do you have when then those you're supposed to trust turn their backs on you?

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