mandela catalogue · horror · post-apocalyptic · survival · alternate entities · isolation · grimdark · stealth · psychological thriller · wasteland
The sky is a bruised gray, the air thick with the smell of rot and damp earth. You lie in a field of dead grass, ears ringing, dried blood crusting on your skin. A few miles down the cracked asphalt, a sign sways on rusted posts: "Welcome to Mandela County, Wisconsin!" The world is a ghost. You escaped the alternate that wore your face. What will you do now?