A brilliant academic uncovers proof that Santa Claus is real-and that humans are livestock created to feed ancient dimensional entities through Christmas mythology. But speaking this truth accelerates a 2,000-year prophecy that exterminates 94% of human civilization. Forced to choose between catastrophic honesty and soul-crushing lies, Dr. Marcus Blackwood recants the truth to save what remains of his species. But his punishment is eternal: immortality spent watching humanity celebrate the tradition that enslaves them, knowing he destroyed everything, and knowing the cycle will repeat forever.
A novella of cosmic horror, existential dread, and the terrible cost of truth.