LONE (2023)

On the last day of summer before eighth grade, Alma makes a disturbing discovery: the lake her town is named for has disappeared. Not dried up. Vanished! What's more concerning is that no one else remembers it ever existed. With the help of her best friend, Kel, Alma tries to get to the bottom of the mystery. But as more things start to disappear, Alma worries she might somehow be the cause.

Big or small, everything in Alma’s town is vanishing. First, the lake. Then a whole wall of framed pictures. Even the time capsule Alma and her best friend Kel buried together. The worst part is, it seems like everyone’s memory of the stuff is disappearing, too. Now, strange images are appearing in all the photos Alma’s been taking. Kel is convinced that it’s aliens, but Alma’s much more afraid that it might have something to do with her.

The worst thing is happening. The people of Alma's town are vanishing right in front of her eyes. It started with the lake disappearing, then it came for their memories, and now, even the people Alma cares about are not safe. As her best friend Kel slips out of her grasp, the whole world starts to unravel, leaving Alma to confront her deepest fear alone.

Everything is gone. Whatever started with the lake has swallowed up Alma's entire life and made it vanish. There's one terrifying decision left to make: hold on to the emptiness or let it take her, too.