This miniature epic examines a city under quarantine with a set of stories marked by their redemptive beauty and frank, gritty reality.

In the gruesome aftermath of a mysterious outbreak in Eastern Europe, a handful of quarantined survivors navigate loss and a sprawling conspiracy. The unknown virus (given the street name "Blackbetty") has one simple result. If you fall asleep, you die. There are countless side effects, but the most fascinating and unexpected is that people still dream.—Marco North