Counterfeit

Spring break, baby!Six college friends retreat to a secluded cabin deep in the Catskills, trading noise for quiet, distance for connection. But the forest is wrong. Too still. Too empty. No birds. No insects. No life—just the sense that something is watching, waiting.When Becky disappears without a trace, the group fractures. Panic sets in. Accusations follow. And the deeper they search, the less the world makes sense.Because something in the forest is learning.It doesn't hunt like an animal.It doesn't think like a human.But it watches. It listens. It imitates.And it's getting better.One by one, the familiar turns unfamiliar. The safe becomes suspect. And the line between who is real—and what only looks real—begins to dissolve.By the time they understand what's happening, it's already too late.Because the thing wearing your face?It doesn't need to be perfect.It just needs to be close enough.