Captain Emily Greenheart knew she hadn’t reached her home base when her ship, The Pointed Arrow, emerged from a portal and crashed into a planet she had never heard of. Her shock quickly evolved into incredulity when she realized that only half of her ship was planet-side – the other half remained in deep space. The result of a rare technology failure, the ship never cleared the portal, but the portal remained open, bisecting the ship. Captain Greenheart realized she had to find a way to r...

Crafted in the tradition of H.P. Lovecraft, “The Thing in the Box” is a gruesome tale of how scientific exploration can sometimes lead to unfortunate results. After the wife of Steven’s friend asks him to come to their remote cabin to aid his friend, Steven finds himself face-to-face with human madness and unimaginable horror. How far is he willing to go to help his friend? And how far is he willing to go to risk his own sanity?