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2025 Awards

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

A science fiction horror deep dive into spelunking on a distant planet. 


Gyre Price lied her way into this expedition, but she didn't know how dangerous it would be. Where she thought she'd be cataloguing mineral deposits and dealing with routine risks, she finds herself descending deeper with no clear objective. Her only contact with the outside world, Em, has no problem injecting her with drugs or withholding integral information. As she dives deeper, their secrets come to life. Gyre must navigate through fear and paranoia if she's to climb out alive.

Sci-Fi, Horror, LGBTQ+

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