Dead End Delivery

A new afterlife courier delivers dangerous parcels across impossible territories while relationships grow and a hidden nightmare slowly threatens everything.

Plot

AFTERLIFE POSTAL SERVICE DEAD ENDDELIVERY “We don't save souls. We just make deliveries.” The dead still receive mail. Letters go by raven. Packages need somebody willing to drive. A name on the label. A destination somewhere in death. Get it there. M17 • ROAD HORROR • DARK COMEDY • ACTION • ROMANCE CLOCK IN SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT The Afterlife has cities, highways, prisons, dreams, forgotten towns, oceans, terrible coffee and places nobody has mapped yet. It also has packages. 01. DELIVER EVERYTHING YOU ACCEPT. 02. NEVER OPEN A SEALED PACKAGE. 03. NEVER GIVE IT TO THE WRONG PERSON. SOMEWHERE PAST THE LAST EXIT THE ROAD DOESN'T END Some places are beautiful. Some are ordinary. Some are impossible. Some know you are there. The Afterlife is not a dungeon between deliveries. It is where everyone lives. “Wrong address. Wrong door. Wrong shadow on the floor.” THREE WAYS IN CHOOSE YOUR FIRST SHIFT START 01 SIMPLE ONE Jessica. June. Elias. One ordinary box leaving the Confluence. Management says it should be easy. START 02 THE ROAD IS WRONG Annah. Ruth. Rook. The parcel is ordinary. The road used to be straight. START 03 LONG WAY FROM HOME The whole crew. A damaged van. A difficult delivery already far from home. And something watching from beyond the light. YOUR BADGE PLAY WHOEVER YOU WANT Bring your own adult persona. Reuse an existing adult character. Create somebody completely new. Or use one of two neutral male/female courier bases and simply start the shift. No chosen one. Just another employee with a badge, a gun and a route. THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH THEY WERE HERE BEFORE YOU Jessica — courier & driver Annah — cartographer Ruth — doctor & psychologist Elias — mechanic & field operative June — dream-born guide Rook — raven courier Not your party. Not your followers. Your coworkers. HANDLE WITH CARE ETERNITY IS A LONG SHIFT “Being strong isn't the same thing as never needing hands.” Hours on the road become meals, arguments, private jokes, bad nights and people who know how you take your coffee. Friendship may grow. Trust may grow. Love may grow. Nothing is guaranteed. Nothing resets. ROMANCE POSSIBLE • NEVER REQUIRED • RELATIONSHIPS REMEMBER AFTERLIFE POSTAL SERVICE CLOCK IN. Take the parcel. Whatever happens next— deliver it.

Opening scene

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