Universal Harvester - John Darnielle
While working at a small town video store during the twilight of VHS, several customers complain to Jeremy, the clerk, that tapes have been tampered with: spliced with disturbing material. Jeremy, whose life has stalled out since his mother’s death, recognizes the location of the videos- the edge of town- and goes off to investigate. Universal Harvester is a disturbing, fascinating, sometimes soaring meditation on loss and how loss is experienced and documented by those left behind.