Somewhere in the Midwest is the quiet, dusty warehouse of Northline Depot. The struggling small business is staffed by six employees, whose lives are turned upside-down when they stumble into a world just beyond that which they know. It’s a world where the things that go bump in the night are rare, but very real; a world where the mundane meets the magical. It’s the world of the paranormal, and these are the least qualified people on Earth to brave its horrors and mysteries.
Inventory 847 is a serialized web novel created by drizzleberry, following the daily lives of Northline’s employees — a lazy, sleazy boss; a disgruntled, hard-nosed foreman; an overworked, neurotic office aide; an upbeat but slightly nutty truck driver; a curious but underpaid intern; and a shambling, quiet janitor. Together, the unlikely crew of six — ordinary people concerned more with getting the rent paid than with all this paranormal stuff — find themselves braving Lovecraftian horrors and oppressive bureaucracies, liminal spaces and mountains of paperwork. They’re amateur, quasi-professional, underequipped to handle any of this.
But they don’t really have a choice, do they?