Dead Air

In the shadow of a massive consumer fraud lawsuit against telecom giant Celestial Communications, former store clerk Evelyn Cross is called to testify. As she revisits her past, she becomes convinced that a notorious serial killer known as the Toll Collector was once her customer—and her secret mentor. Blending the haunting psychological depth of Ann Rule’s true-crime narratives with a gripping descent into madness, this story explores how memory can be a lying witness, cobbling together a false identity from fragments of longing and obsession. Evelyn’s journey from anonymous sales associate to deranged copycat blurs the line between truth and delusion until her self shatters.