Abstract
We introduce a class of (0,2) superconformal field theories based on hybridgeometries, generalizing various known constructions. We develop techniques forthe computation of the complete massless spectrum when the theory can beinterpreted as determining a perturbative heterotic string compactification. Weprovide evidence for surprising properties regarding RG flows and IR accidentalsymmetries in (0,2) hybrid CFTs. We also study the conditions for embedding ahybrid theory in a particular class of gauged linear sigma models. Thisperspective suggests that our construction generates models which cannot berealized or analyzed by previously known methods.