Mique Watson

It was supposed to be a tranquil Friday night for Lauren and her daughter, Tully. Then, someone knocked at the door. Lauren thought she was being a Good Samaritan… She never expected to have to fight for her daughter’s life. She’d always known that human beings were the most terrifying monsters. What she didn’t know, until now, was how easy it would be for her to become one herself. No good deed goes unpunished.

On March 14, 2010, 16-year-old Jacob Stewart vanished. In the weeks following his disappearance, strange interactions he’d had with a mysterious online figure also known by the name Cronos came about. This document is a collection of interviews, computer files, public news reports, and online speculation, as well as copies of Jacob’s online interactions with Cronos that were obtained via the Freedom of Information Act. What we hope to accomplish by bringing this case to light is to reignite the desire to find Jacob and Thomas … because they could still be out there.

Jeanette thought she’d get to enjoy the cozy, rainy evening after the hellacious week she’d just endured. Snuggled up on her couch with her Labrador, Nico, everything seemed perfect. Rest couldn’t come sooner. Then it happened. The program on the television cut to black. EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM. Jeanette’s heart stops. The signal is choppy, yet the message is “They look like people.” And then the power goes out. Someone knocks on the door. It is soon made clear to Jeanette that the world she once knew has ended. The place she once called home is now anything but. The world beyond the threshold of her door is a passageway to the deepest bowels of hell itself. Will she survive?