When a professor at the University of Manehattan receives a mysterious artifact in the mail, he finds himself driven to investigate it - and what he discovers will change the world.

Originally planned for the Nightmare Night in April 2022 write-off, released instead for regular Nightmare Night.

Excellent cover art by Little Tigress!
Thanks to Compass the Pegasus, Jazzmania Chronicle, Anotherrandom, and Scriblits Talo for pre-reading and feedback!

Some content warnings: Beyond what can obviously be expected from the red tags, this story contains realistic death, child death, mind control, and psychological torture. I do not consider it gratuitous, but it is not reserved either.