

#88 Sanctuary Seventen
The citizens of Sanctuary-17 live under the glow of an eternal sunset, its orange hue stretching across the artificial sky. Every day, they gather in the great hall, eyes fixed on the towering screen as it replays The Event—the explosion that ended the old world. They are reminded of their purpose: obedience ensures survival, compliance brings order. And above all, when the screen turns yellow, the chosen must step forward. Beyond the Gate lies ascension, the final reward f


#87 Dolorimetry
In the near future, NeuroSynth Labs revolutionizes medical training with hyper-realistic AI-driven John and Jane Doe dummies, designed to simulate every human response except true suffering. But when a system-wide upgrade goes horribly wrong, the dummies awaken to something new—pain. Real, excruciating, all-consuming pain. At first, the glitches go unnoticed. A twitch here, a tremor there. Then, a scream. A gut-wrenching, bloodcurdling scream. Medical students freeze in horro


#86 They Knew And They Sent Us Anyway
For over a century, the world has accepted the story of the Titanic’s tragic demise—an iceberg in the dead of night, the ship split apart by fate and human arrogance. But what if the truth was far more monstrous? Some survivors had whispered of something moving beneath the waves, a force that pulled the ship down faster than physics should allow. Their accounts were dismissed as trauma-induced hallucinations, lost to history. Until now. A group of billionaire industrialists f


