Parallel Journeys: an anthology of shadows and alibis

My Life as a Bluestone Model<br/>In 1967, teenager Joy Krantz gets to spend a glamorous day as a model for a sports car catalog, along with her brother Jimmy and friend Nicola. During the photo shoot, Joy becomes entranced with an older, worldlier man. Fifty years later, they will all face the consequences of the decisions they made that day.<br/><br/>The Journey Home<br/>I am me and you are you, agreed?<br/>But what does that mean? I can tell you my life is dragged between work and home.<br/>But do you get the feeling you are being piggybacked by something bigger than yourself.<br/>Follow one man’s travels through his own consciousness towards eventual enlightenment.<br/><br/>The Ritual in Forde End<br/>When Victor Haskell receives a letter informing him of his uncle's death, he journeys to the remote village of Forde End to receive an unexpected inheritance. However, he finds that Forde End is steeped in a dark history that has not been fully exposed and begins to feel that something more sinister than his bereavement has lured him there.<br/><br/>Harmony in Dissonance<br/>A coronal mass ejection has wiped out 99% of the world's electrical systems. In order to ensure a "just" society the global elites agree a treaty that creates the Mutual World Governance Council.<br/>It's now 2123 and a secretive group called 'The Circle' have uncovered damning information about the MWGC's insidious medical practices. They go about recruiting Dr Malone for a mission to destroy the MWGC, although, at first, he’s unaware of his participation in their plans.<br/><br/>Rug Pull<br/>Down and out while stoned in Acapulco, Lori, Josh, and Dude Bro thought they had the ultimate Internet scam worked out; a classic rug pull based on bogus NFTs with an almost instant payout in the millions. Yet fate intervened, brought down upon them by their own deep, personal flaws. The end result was only violence.<br/><br/>Bugaboo<br/>Every year five school friends get together to reminisce and tell stories. This year it’s different, one of them brings a book with a poem which, when read, brings on sinister consequences.