Marcia was taken long before the phone began to ring. Quiet, clever, and too easy to forget, she vanished without a trace. While the town moved on, Marcia remained-surviving in the dark for eight months, learning the rules of a nightmare where hope was a dangerous thing to hold onto. When Finney Blake is kidnapped, he finds her waiting in the basement: alive, wary, and still fighting. Together, they listen to the dead through a black phone that crackles with static, endure the cruelty of the Grabber, and form a bond forged in silence, fear, and survival. But static doesn't fade just because the call ends. Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or story besides Marcia and the plot I wrote myself.

a new boy moves into the city. shy, quiet, and innocent, until he discovers what he's been missing, a boy named robin.

"Robin?" "You idiot." "How am I an idiot you're down here too?"

*THIS IS ALL AFTER EVERYTHING WITH THE GRABBER GOES DOWN-ROBIN SURVIVED OBVIOUSLY* "Would you like to dance?" "Keep dreaming, Arellano. Maybe you'll end up like Gwenny over there and they'll come true some day." Valerie Barnes was never one to be noticed after her sister passed. She kept her nose clean and flew forward. When she decided to befriend a former victim of The Grabber, Finney Blake, that all changed. Finney introduced Valerie to another friend of his, Robin Arellano, in hopes they would become friends too. Or maybe even more. Started-September 1, 2022 Finished-October 20, 2022 Edited-