Welcome to Merston. Population: who cares? It’s a town like any other — quiet streets, strip malls, Friday night football. The kind of place nobody notices, and that’s just how most people like it.

But under the pumpkin-spice and marching band parades, something else is humming. A haunting is brushed off as carbon monoxide poisoning, a creature hunting in the local playground is explained away as a rabid dog, and the nearby nature preserve… well, you don’t want to know what’s buzzing out there.

Most towns have secrets. Merston’s secrets bite. And tonight, those secrets are waking up.

CONTENT WARNING: This story includes gore, body horror, death, infestation, parasites in human hosts, mind control, and stinging insects.

"The Mother Tree" was produced by JR Williams.

Featuring:

JR Williams as the Game Master

“Monster of the Week” was created by Michael Sands and published by Evil Hat Productions.

A Sad Raspberry production

Music:

“Phantom Funhouse ” by Adam Dib