After Captain Trips burned through humanity, seven kids remained in a forgotten Colorado town, clinging to each other and the ruins of their world. They built a fragile peace inside an empty school, scavenging, laughing, and pretending the world hadn’t ended. But when blood-painted warnings began appearing across town—“HE IS COMING”—they realized survival wasn’t the same as safety. What waited beyond the smoke wasn’t disease anymore; it was something walking, something watching, and it wanted believers.

The Red Hills Covenant

Deep in old Georgia, the pines whisper about a hunger older than the Bible Belt. When a boy follows strange singing into the woods, he finds his neighbors aren’t worshipping God anymore.

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The locals say he walks when the sea gets hungry. A figure in gray, too solid for fog and too quiet for a man, pacing the sand before the storm breaks. Some call him a warning. Some call him a blessing. But when I saw him raise his hand toward the house, I understood the truth. He isn’t there to scare you. He’s there to keep the ledger. One house spared. Another taken. The balance must be kept.

A chilling short horror story about a mysterious man known only as The Collector, who steals cherished childhood toys and replaces them with bone-carved dolls bearing the faces of the living. Set in a quiet town where memory and possession blur, "The Toy Collector" explores grief, nostalgia, and the price of sentimentality.