When charismatic Ally opens The Keeper's Corner overnight in Vallejo, California, he offers exactly what each desperate family needs most. But in a town where staying costs more than leaving, every miracle has a price.
Twelve-year-old Oliver Reeves knows something is wrong the moment the shop appears. While adults throughout the community suddenly find their problems solved, Oliver and other children begin to see the disturbing patterns beneath these apparent blessings.
As Vallejo's residents grow closer than ever before, the children discover they may be the only ones who remember what normal felt like. But Oliver's resistance carries devastating personal stakes.
In the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Stephen King's Needful Things, Oliver's Crossing blends supernatural horror with sharp social commentary, asking whether authentic human connection can resist the seductive pull of solutions that promise everything while demanding the unthinkable.
A brother's keeper story for our time, where the future itself hangs in the balance.