Stories by @silmarils

Darkest Night

Darkest Night is a horror series that delves into the last memories of the recently deceased, slowly revealing a horrifying master plan. Who is weaving this master conspiracy, and what is their ultimate goal?

The Saga of the European King

Having solved all other problems in the Medieval world, the King of Europe gathers up his highest-level hangers-on and sets out to kill Winter, the season that makes everyone cold and miserable for one half of their entire lives.

The Last Movie

Tanis host Nic Silver and regular contributor MK, explore the possible existence of "The Last Movie," an infamous underground feature film, reputed to drive you insane. Legend has it that every screening of this film was surrounded by bloodshed and controversy: one reviewer actually described slipping on blood in the aisle, as he ran through dozens of people trying to tear him apart.

Janus Descending

The story follows the arrival of two xenoarcheologists, Peter and Chel, on a small world orbiting a binary star. But what starts off as an expedition to survey the planet and the remains of a lost alien civilization, turns into a monstrous game of cat and mouse, as the two scientists are left to face the creatures that killed the planet in the first place.

Marsfall

Marsfall follows some of the earliest colonists to settle on Mars in the year 2047. Led by their fearless commander Jacki O’Rania, and assisted by the artificial intelligence unit ANDI, they strive to make a home on the Red Planet while exploring its deeper mysteries.

Lake Clarity

Five teens head up to Camp Clarity to celebrate their last summer together, but little do they know they're about to stumble on dark secrets that surround the lake. Caves, concrete structures, and eerie coincidences are commonplace around Lake Clarity. Before they know it, the teens find themselves face to face with an evil force that's been locked away for a long time. Join Seth, Ally, Mike, Erin, and Brandon as they adventure through the Lake Clarity area, and discover the past of the supposedly cursed campgrounds!

Blackwood

Five years ago, Molly Weaver, Brian Anderson, and Nathan Howell started a podcast focused on the local legend of a monster called The Blackwood Bugman. Quickly, the investigation grew out of their control, as they discovered that, not only are the legends seemingly true, many people in Blackwood have turned up dead or disappeared without a trace. Worse, there may be a reason why no one has ever uncovered the truth before. Someone is watching them, willing to do whatever it takes to keep the secret.

Transitus

‘Transitus’ is a tale of star-crossed lovers Abby and Daniel. Daniel is murdered and finds himself in a realm between heaven and hell called Transitus. The story follows Daniel as he tries to prove Abby’s innocence in his murder. He requests the Angel of Death to help him in his quest.

Borrasca

Sam Walker moves to the town of Drisking, Missouri one summer and quickly befriends two other kids, Kyle and Kimber. When Sam's sister, Whitney, disappears a few months later, he passes five lonely years wondering what happened to her. When more people start disappearing suddenly, the three take it upon themselves to find out what's happening to all the disappearing people what connection the disappearances hold with the mountain outside of town.

The Darkroom

An amateur photographer stumbles upon strange photographs he finds in old film cameras, showing him another world, just as real as our own, that exists in the shadows. The shadows of... the darkroom.

Dreamboy

Dane, a spun-out musician spending the winter in Cleveland, Ohio, has two main goals: keeping his job at the Pepper Heights Zoo and trying not to waste all his time on Grindr. What he doesn’t expect is to get swept into a story about dreams, about forevers, about flickering lights, about unexplained deaths, about relentless change, and about the parts of ourselves that we wish other people knew to look for. Oh, and also a murderous zebra.

The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air)

It follows Julian, a lonely janitor whose fondest wish is to be promoted to on-air talent in the Orbiting Human Circus, a mysterious, glamorous radio variety show transmitted from a ballroom at the very top of the Eiffel Tower. Julian is accompanied in his adventures by his own personal Narrator, who tries to reason with Julian that his ill-considered plans to win the staff's attention will go awry, to no avail.

The Phenomenon

When a supernatural threat drives mankind to the point of extinction, survivors around the globe struggle to endure in a world with just three rules: Do not look outside. Do not look at the sky. Do not make noise.

Adventures in New America

Set a few years in the future, Adventures in New America follows the escapades of two mismatched African-New-American best friends — fat, lonely curmudgeon IA and lesbian sneak-thief Simon Carr — who take on a series of increasingly high-stakes heists to get quick cash to pay for IA’s medical treatment while attempting to survive the wilds of New New York City... and a secret cabal of Tetchy Terrorist Vampire Zombies from outer space. Intrigued? Good! Frequently, there will be musical numbers — and radical reflections on our dangerous, beautiful, heart-pounding world.

Alice Isn't Dead

A truck driver searches across America for the wife she had long assumed was dead. In the course of her search, she will encounter not-quite-human serial murderers, towns literally lost in time, and a conspiracy that goes way beyond one missing woman.

Rabbits

When Carly Parker’s friend Yumiko goes missing under very mysterious circumstances, Carly’s search for her friend leads her headfirst into a ancient mysterious game known only as Rabbits. Soon Carly begins to suspect that Rabbits is much more than just a game, and that the key to understanding Rabbits, might be the key to the survival of our species, and the Universe, as we know it.

The Black Tapes

The Black Tapes follows the exploits of journalist Alex Reagan as she researches the exploits of Dr. Richard Strand, an avid paranormal researcher and skeptic, on the handful of cases he has yet to debunk. The information on these cases are held in a series of black VHS cases.

Blood Ties

Our family members are not always who we think. When Eleonore and Michael Richland lose their parents unexpectedly in a small plane crash, they must choose between two very different paths: honor their father’s legacy as a world-renowned cardiologist -- or risk everything for the truth.

Tanis

YouTuber Nic Silver discovers references to something called Tanis in two disparate sources. He begins his channel in an effort to determine what and where Tanis may be, quickly enlisting the help of an "information specialist" known via the username Meerkatnip. Silver comes to believe that Tanis is currently somewhere in the Puget Sound area. His search, aided with information provided by Meerkatnip, leads him to confront a variety of mysterious groups and organizations: Tesla Nova Corporation, a group Silver calls "The Cult of Tanis", and a group of fringe researchers known as the Grackles.

Within the Wires

An anthology taking place in an alternate 20th century where the entire world is ruled under one global government.