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The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

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The Houses We Carry

OngoingTeenIrregularVerticalLong DramaSci-fi

Mara Venn returns to Ilex to sell her late mother’s house and leave for good. Beneath the kitchen floor, she discovers a hidden network keeping three neighbouring homes afloat. With a poisonous seasonal tide approaching, separating her inheritance could strand…

Content notes: Bereavement, housing insecurity and environmental danger. No graphic violence in the opening episode.

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A returning daughter, four interdependent homes and an engineering problem that cannot be solved without earning the neighbours' trust.

Mara Venn returns to Ilex to sell her late mother’s house and leave for good. Beneath the kitchen floor, she discovers a hidden network keeping three neighbouring homes afloat.

With a poisonous seasonal tide approaching, separating her inheritance could strand the neighbours. Leaving it connected could endanger them all.

A science-fiction drama about home, engineering and the price of being needed. The first episode, The Spare Key, opens a planned fifteen-episode story.

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Season 1

The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

The Spare Key

Episode 1. Mara returns to sell the family house, then finds a hidden connection beneath the floor.

The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

Three Borrowed Rooms

Episode 2. Three neighbours open their doors. Mara discovers what each home is carrying.

The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

The Price of Staying

Episode 3. Mara hopes a house deposit can pay for repairs. The offer has a condition.

The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

Low-Water Map

Episode 4. Neri finds a channel missing from the forecast. Tamsin checks the evidence.

The Houses We Carry. Mara holds a brass key and a worn engineering notebook beside terracotta houses resting on white ceramic foundations above jade tidal flats.

Everything Sela Omitted

Episode 5. Mara recognises her handwriting in the load book. The neighbours learn what Sela left out.

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