Birdbox

Birdbox is a short horror novel centered on four siblings — Oscar, Esteban, Manny, and Isabel — who find themselves facing an evil that predates recorded history, unleashed after being sealed away for eons. As the box is opened and the darkness inside it stirs, the siblings have to set aside their own conflicts and work together to protect their family and stop it from spreading further.

The novel is written in a lean, pulpy horror style typical of small-press genre fiction from the mid-2010s, moving quickly between short chapters and keeping its focus tight on the four central characters rather than a wide cast.