Archive of the Living - Shanon Mason

Shanon Mason is an author of dark speculative fiction whose work blends psychological horror, epic fantasy, and metaphysical suspense. Known for creating immersive worlds where reality fractures and identity is tested, Mason’s stories explore what happens when unseen forces press against the human soul—and what it costs to resist them. Drawing on themes of memory, sacrifice, moral ambiguity, and transformation, Mason crafts narratives that balance visceral tension with emotional depth. Their characters are often ordinary people forced into extraordinary reckonings, navigating collapsing boundaries between the known and the unknowable. Mason’s work is marked by a cinematic intensity and a fascination with hidden systems—labyrinths, veils, institutions, and inner worlds—that shape human behavior from the shadows. Whether writing horror, science fiction, or fantasy, Mason is drawn to stories that linger long after the final page. Shanon Mason writes to unsettle, to question, and to illuminate the fragile line between survival and surrender.

GENRE: Sci-Fi

Blurb:

Humanity was never meant to inherit the future. It was meant to remember it. When an ancient civilization returns to reclaim itself, it discovers that Earth was never a sanctuary or a proving ground—but a living archive. Humanity exists not as an accident or a successor, but as a record of what the originals once were, preserved in imperfect flesh.