PosterTHE EIGHTH SHIFT
Seven rescue attempts have failed and the company has called it off. Four Appalachian miners go back down the shaft anyway, on their own time.
by Awaiting creator · Launched Aug 20, 2026
A story idea on the Poster shelf. Posters take no pledges.
About this title
Synopsis
Four days. Seven attempts. No contact. At six on Thursday evening the company posts the notice, the state inspector signs it, and the mine stops being a rescue and becomes a grave with paperwork. Six men are down there. One of them is Harlan Boyd's father. Boyd is nineteen. He is standing in the parking lot at seven with a fire boss of thirty years and two brothers, and none of them is talking. The roof has come in twice. The lamps are company property. Going down is trespass and dismissal and possibly the last thing any of them does. The gate is chained, the lot is empty, and it is nine hours until anyone notices.
Who this is about
Four men off the same crew: a fire boss of thirty years, two brothers, and a nineteen-year-old whose father is one of the six still down there.
What goes wrong
Seven attempts, four days, no contact. The company posts the notice at six on Thursday evening and the state inspector signs it, which makes the mine a legal grave.
What's at stake
Going down is trespass, dismissal, and a roof that has already come in twice. Not going down is a decision every one of them will be living with in forty years.
Why it keeps going
Each episode is one more shift they were not scheduled for, one more section of bad roof, and one more hour past the point where anybody expects to find men alive.
Takeaway
Some men cannot live in a town where they decided to stop digging.
Shelves
Themes
Story, in the creator's words
Not provided yet
Style
Not provided yet
Characters
Not provided yet
Tech stack
Not provided yet
Schedule
Not provided yet
Production plan
Not provided yet
Creator
Track record on ArchTV
188
Campaigns run
0
Titles on ArchTV
Delivery record
- Campaigns funded: 0
In their words