Daughters of Monster Magnet (2024)

ABSTRACT: From the cosmos comes a visitor, Lilly, who claims to be a psychonaut capable of traversing alternate dimensions through shifts in consciousness, along with a runaway pet dog and a deceased mother. Disparate elements intertwine through the mystery of an unknown life form called the Monster Magnet. The protagonist, Lilly Mukaejima, loses her mother to self-immolation at the age of 12. Her only emotional support, the pet dog Esperanza (ESP), flees, and her father remains missing for a long time. Spending lonely hours at home, Lilly constructs a dollhouse resembling her family, reads books about alien abductions, and lives in a world of dreams and eccentricities. Burning the doll's clothes becomes a ritual for Lilly to confront her mother's death trauma. Lilly's consciousness often slips into alternate realms, where a dog-like apparition frightens her and provides solace in her loneliness. However, loneliness gradually turns into despair, and on her 14th birthday night, Lilly feels compelled to burn herself out. Yet, at that moment, her imagination reaches a new level. She encounters the presence of the Teacher inside the abducted UFO, and Lilly comes to understand the mystery of her mother's death. Upon returning to Earth, Lilly realizes that her trauma has been transformed into a new life.