Grand Library

The silence was suffocating, a weight that pressed down on the crew as they huddled together in the frozen darkness. The Borealis had become a tomb, suspended in the depths of the subglacial lake, far from any hope of rescue. The lights had long since died, leaving them with nothing but the faint glow of the frost-covered emergency panels. The temperature continued to drop, and with it, the last vestiges of warmth and life seemed to seep away, leaching into the void that surr

Chapter 8: The Escape Yvonne’s voice was barely a whisper, but it carried the weight of everything they had endured. “I’m so sorry,” she...

Chapter 7: The Darkness Closes In The weekend began like all the others, with Yvonne packing a small bag and reminding Christer to keep...

The hum of the machines echoed ominously within the confined space of the Borealis, a sound that seemed to vibrate through the walls,...

Chapter 6: Fractured Lives The decision to leave came not with a dramatic confrontation or a sudden realization, but with a slow, painful...

Chapter 5: The Breaking Point The storm had been building for days. Duane's drinking had reached a fever pitch, and the tension in the...

The apartment always smelled faintly of wet dust and boiled rice. Teódulo had stopped noticing it until the rains came. Now the scent thickened, as if the walls were sweating out everything they'd absorbed since Maristela died. It was a small place, third floor, corner unit. The windows trembled when the wind pushed off the Medea River, and the heater clicked at irregular hours like someone tapping inside the pipes. The kind of building where the wallpaper peeled not from moi

Dr. Ilmar Guttorm’s reflection in the window was a ghostly, distorted figure, his sharp features softened by the frost clinging to the...

Maraheim Historical Society Archives Collection: Maraheim Agricultural Census Reports, 1910-1945 Accession Number:  AGH-0005 Date Range:...

The Borealis Expedition reaching Nordvaal 1976 The Borealis Expedition The frozen expanse of Nordvaal stretched endlessly beneath the...

Date: November 20, 1976 Location: NORDVAAL Maraheim Courier Staff A state-of-the-art research submarine, Borealis , has mysteriously...

The memory of the café lingered in the back of Duncan’s mind, a dull ache that never quite left him. He stared into the bottom of his...

The storm battered the house with relentless fury, rattling the windows and howling through the cracks in the walls like some unseen...

Liam’s voice cut through the air, sharper now, as if he was done with the quiet interrogation. There was an urgency in his words, a need...

Grace The house had begun to speak to me. At first, it was just whispers, soft and indistinct, like a voice carried on the wind. But the...

The house settled into a strange rhythm in the days after we arrived, as if it had been waiting for us, for the family to return to its...

The Bookbinder's Brew was quiet, save for the soft clinking of glasses and the occasional shuffle of footsteps across the worn wooden...

Chapter 3: The Darkness Grows The days turned into weeks, and the tension in the house on Linnet Street 14 continued to tighten, like a...

Chapter 2: The Cracks Appear The days after the move blurred together in a haze of unpacking, settling in, and trying to find some sense...

Chapter 1: The Move-In August 14th, 1998 We moved into the new house on a Friday. The air was thick with the late summer heat, but it...