Elevators don’t work down here. There’s very little electricity. We use that for necessary times only. The light comes from torches and lanterns. We’ve constructed a sort of lift that you pull a rope to activate.

Once you pull it, you use a makeshift weight made of rocks and attach it to the rope. Then you climb onto the lift. It automatically brings you up to the level you need to get to. Th...

When I was young, people always told me I would be a heartbreaker. I don’t think this is what they meant.

I sang with soul, the name Heartbreaker flashing on the screen above me. I tilted my head back slightly as I sang, pouring all my emotion into my music. The audience clapped along.

The song I was singing was called Lights Out. It was only fitting for the stage along with the entire...

“But Daddy! You promised!” I cry.

“I’m sorry baby. We can go another time,” Daddy murmured in my ear.

“Why can’t we go to the amusement park today?” I ask forcefully.

Daddy wraps his arms around me and pulls me in tight. In return, I hug him and squeeze. I don’t entirely know why. It feels good though.

As I squeeze tighter, he winces. “Are you hurt, Daddy?”

Daddy shakes h...

My eyes shoot open. I notice hot sweat dripping down my arms and forehead as I climb out of bed. I struggle to remember the dream.

“Dear journal,” I write, “my dream this morning was about poison. I was resting on my couch… and it was in my coffee cup. I drank it and went unconscious.” My writing style is nonchalant- I am actually scared out of my wits.

In that moment before I woke up, ...

The clock struck 12 AM. Then 1 AM. Then 2… I don’t know how long I stood. Unmoving, barely blinking or breathing. Something wasn’t right and I would not move until I knew what is was.

It was Halloween night.

Something was bound to be wrong.

A cold draft blew into my right shoulder. Rain began to spatter me with its cold icy shards. The streets were deserted except for a sewer rat s...

“You- do you- know who you are?” he said.

“No… do you?” she asked.

“No. Where are we?”

“I don’t really know.”

All the two knew is they were trapped.

Trapped in plain, cubed, white rooms.

There was a wall between them.

They couldn’t see each other. Their belongings were gone- though they couldn’t remember if they had any to begin with.

A soft tapping sound a...