What Waits in the Dark
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MatureOngoing2h 41m
Last published Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Never stay out past dark.
That's the number one rule everyone abides by. The woods are an unfriendly- and deadly- place to be after dark. But to harvest the pitch that society depends on, some crews delve deeper than they should into the forests. And they pay the ultimate price for it.
Andria was on one of those crews, and a single night is all it takes to turn tempting fate into a terrible tragedy. Now it's up to Andria to decide if that twist of Karma was a mistake, if she never should have survived, or if she's going to keep trying to scratch a living from the horrors that wait in the dark.
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