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Dead and Gone
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Ongoing, First published Nov 13, 2025
Mature
Walking into an old house is strange; it feels like the walls have eyes and they're watching you, constantly. The haunting creaks of an old house settling, making you wonder if you just heard footsteps upstairs or rats in the walls. 

But in all actuality, there is a scientific reason behind haunted houses. Something about low frequencies and sensory overload causes your negative emotions to go haywire. 

And sure, that can be true, but it also can be true that the house is haunted. 

For Carol Peletier, it was the latter. 

Cause why was her son, who went missing 3 months ago, was standing in front of her. He was in the snow, covered in blood, and hadn't aged a day.
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7 parts Ongoing

Before the world fell, Jack Rainer didn't stand out. He was a mechanic and just a quiet man who worked long hours fixing other people's broken things. He kept to himself, drank his coffee black, and lived by a simple code: don't start trouble, don't leave it unfinished. When the outbreak began, that code was all he had left. Jack wasn't built for leadership, and he didn't crave it. What kept him alive wasn't luck it was instinct. The same patience that let him rebuild an engine from scraps kept him calm when the screams started. While others panicked, Jack learned how to wait, to move when it mattered, to strike only once and make it count. Jack's survival wasn't loud or heroic. He drifted sleeping in cars, scavenging hardware stores, using his knowledge of tools and machines to fix generators, patch fences, and build traps. Over time, his hands got steadier, his voice quieter. When he met Eli Mercher, a young med student desperate and half-starved, Jack almost walked away. But something about the kid made him want to protect him but he doesn't believe in finding love not out here But somewhere deep inside, beneath the scars and silence, a part of him still wanted it - that small, stubborn spark that refused to die.