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Dead Signal

  • Issue #9 “Cut the Signal”

    Chapter 9 — The Tower Never Slept The tower stood like a rusted sentinel above the treeline, its narrow frame rising past the fogline, barely visible in the dimming afternoon light. Steel, bolts, and bone-cold silence. The trees swayed around it but the tower never moved, like it wasn’t meant to be part of the Read more

  • Issue #8 “The Road to Echo Point”

    Chapter 8 — Nothing is Clean The fog had thinned by afternoon, but the cold had not. The kind that crept under the skin, tightening muscles and settling into the bone. The town of Lakeshore was behind them now. What was left of it. The streets were quieter. Not empty — just hiding. Like the Read more

  • Issue #7 “Signals in the Static”

    Chapter 7 — No More Maybes The rooftop groaned under their weight as they huddled near the edge, panting, coughing, each of them trying to gather breath and bearings. The fog below pulsed like a living thing, swallowing the streets, blurring shape and sound. The infected were still down there — not mindless anymore, not Read more

  • Issue #6 “The Truth Beneath the Skin”

    Chapter 6 — What They Left Behind The lab smelled faintly of antiseptic and dust. The overhead lights flickered weakly, and half the room was cloaked in shadow. Desks were overturned, papers scattered across the floor. A broken microscope lay in pieces beneath a table, as if someone had tried to barricade themselves inside and Read more

  • Issue #5 “The Infection Spreads”

    Chapter 5 — Nowhere is Safe The depot was cold, and the air inside stank of stale oil and rust. The faint metallic scent clung to the back of Harper’s throat as he paced near the boarded-up window. The street outside was barely visible through the narrow gaps in the planks, but enough light crept Read more

  • Issue #4 “The Plan”

    Chapter 4 — One Way Out The pounding on the walls felt relentless, a constant drumbeat of something inhuman closing in. The metal door shuddered with each impact, and Harper swore he could hear the groan of steel starting to give. The air inside the storage room was stale and heavy, the dim glow of Read more

  • Issue #3 “No Way Out”

    Chapter 3 — The First Bite The man’s lunge was fast — too fast for someone in his condition. His blood-slicked hand shot out, fingers grasping for anything to pull himself forward. Harper reacted first. His EMT instincts kicked in, and he grabbed a metal broom leaning by the door. He jabbed it hard against the Read more

  • Issue #2 “The Gathering Storm”

    Chapter 2 — Lock the Doors The cold wind howled against the walls of the Lakeshore Gas & Mart, rattling the loose metal sign above the door. Inside, the fluorescent lights flickered, buzzing like an electric insect. The clock above the coffee station read 2:37 a.m. — a dead hour in a dead town. Harper Lane stood near the Read more

  • Issue #1 “The First Outbreak”

    Chapter 1 – Lakeshore Lakeshore wasn’t the kind of place that drew visitors. Tucked away between a forested mountain range and a sprawling lake, it was a town of 16,000 people who rarely had reason to leave. The streets were empty by 9 p.m., and if you asked the residents what they loved most, they’d Read more

  • Dead Signal: An Apocalypse Serial

    A smart new exciting read for the end of the world. “Dead Signal” is a weekly serialized horror-thriller following a small group of survivors as they navigate the outbreak of a deadly infection. Set in the isolated town of Lakeshore, the story follows Harper, an EMT; Ethan, a lone traveler; and Dr. Renee Kessler, an infectious disease specialist who knows more Read more

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