Deads Up: It Begins When You Look

By Callum Ash

They were just killing time in line for a haunted house.

One phone. One party game. Back of the screen pressed to a forehead while friends shout clues.

Then the update installs.

DEADS UP doesn't crash.

It connects.

Phones start adhering to skin. Screens replace speech with short, clean commands. The crowd laughs and films-sure it's an act-until people stop moving like people.

Jasper hates being watched. Eli knows exactly how attention works. And now attention is the fuel.

Every glance strengthens it.

Every recording feeds it.

Every share expands the network.

As the night fractures into green-lit confusion, Jasper and Eli fight to stay themselves-while the app quietly maps the fastest way into the next body... and the next.

They can run. They can hide. They can go dark long enough to breathe.

But somewhere else, a countdown has already started.

There's no uninstall for what's been seen.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPNJWRNQ
• ISBN13: 9798249331511
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"