The Harvest Below

Beneath the fields, something ancient stirs—and it remembers us.

After a public breakdown ends her academic career, botanist Tessa Morrell returns to her rural hometown of Ashford Bend to care for her estranged father. But the soil she once knew is no longer the same.

Crops are growing at impossible rates. Livestock are dying—split open and filled...

“Burn if you must,” it whispered. “But you’ll only seed the ash.”

When Tessa Morrell returns from the depths of the earth, she carries something with her—something ancient, patient, and alive. The town of Ashford Bend seems untouched: blue skies, smiling neighbors, freshly painted porches. But beneath the surface, something hums.

The cornfield...

The world is humming. Are you listening?

Ashford Bend is gone—absorbed, remembered, and rooted in silence.
Tessa Morrell walks free, but she is no longer alone. Something breathes in her. Something ancient. Something watching.
Across towns and cities, the signs reappear:

• Crops growing in perfect spirals
• People dreaming the same three-note song
• ...