We live in our homes, safe in the knowledge that everything around us is exactly as it appears. Reality is rarely that kind though and sometimes we inherit the ghosts of former occupants, sometimes it’s something far worse. Cuckoo is a series of short stories about the malevolent things hidden in our attics, in the words we read, in the woods just out of town and buried far too shallow in our gardens.
In “Cuckoo” a break up leads to a flat with too many memories hidden in a hatch no one must go in. Paranoid, erratic behaviour from one flatmate leads another into an investigation into what’s in there and why it exists.
In “Do Not Read” people become fixated on the meaning of strange litter flooding the streets, not noticing the disappearances around them.
In “The Old Woods” folk tales and gossip from a small town in the middle of nowhere start to bleed into reality as people are called once more into the woods.
In “White Noise” the tenants of a new luxury apartment building uncover a strange device buried in their garden. All is not what it appears as characters forget about each others’ existence and the white noise in the building gets louder. Will they discover the threat under their noses in time? Will they discover that they even need saving?
Finally, once you are sated with horror, there is a brief respite in “The Cold Open” the opening scene from the upcoming season of novellas, “Lightning”. Discover the artificial beauty of Fate Cove, an eccentric island town hiding a community of super-powered people. Soap operatic hijinks ensue as the young and old alike have power, but no responsibility.
In “Cuckoo” a break up leads to a flat with too many memories hidden in a hatch no one must go in. Paranoid, erratic behaviour from one flatmate leads another into an investigation into what’s in there and why it exists.
In “Do Not Read” people become fixated on the meaning of strange litter flooding the streets, not noticing the disappearances around them.
In “The Old Woods” folk tales and gossip from a small town in the middle of nowhere start to bleed into reality as people are called once more into the woods.
In “White Noise” the tenants of a new luxury apartment building uncover a strange device buried in their garden. All is not what it appears as characters forget about each others’ existence and the white noise in the building gets louder. Will they discover the threat under their noses in time? Will they discover that they even need saving?
Finally, once you are sated with horror, there is a brief respite in “The Cold Open” the opening scene from the upcoming season of novellas, “Lightning”. Discover the artificial beauty of Fate Cove, an eccentric island town hiding a community of super-powered people. Soap operatic hijinks ensue as the young and old alike have power, but no responsibility.
