A fast-paced literary horror novella that delves into the experience of aging parents and facing the end of a family lineage.

Something is up with Sam’s parents. Yes, they just retired—which is normal enough—but when they call Sam late at night in NYC to invite him down for a spontaneous trip back home to North Carolina, Sam grows concerned. When he arrives, and they act nonchalant and show off all their new gadgets and renovations they’ve expensively acquired over the past months, Sam grows more concerned.

But the strangeness continues to compile . . . when his parents start dodging questions about the whereabouts of his sister, whom Sam last saw living with them two years previously, and the inexplicable smell coming from the basement, and his parents claiming dinnertime is at midnight . . . Sam realizes he might need to save the family from something far worse than he anticipated.