Strange Exodus

In a world shattered by colossal, mind‑less creatures that have risen from the void to devour the planet, humanity is forced onto the brink of extinction. The landscape is a flooded nightmare, the rivers dammed by the massive, slug‑like body of one such behemoth that stretches for miles across the valley.

Westover, a weary survivor, finds himself clinging to the slick, warm flesh of the monster’s foot, scrambling upward as the flood roars beneath him. With each precarious foothold, he battles exhaustion, fear, and the uncanny realization that the creature’s slow, almost breathing movements could spell either salvation or doom.

Caught between a blocked retreat and an impossible ascent up the creature’s back, he must summon a hidden reserve of courage to navigate this living mountain before dawn brings an even higher tide. The story captures the stark terror and fragile hope of a man confronting an alien horror that reshapes the very ground beneath his feet.