THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE HOSPITAL’S FATE Monday, October 23rd – 9:00 AM The state investigation began at dawn. Sloane watched from her office window as the convoy of black SUVs rolled into the hospital parking lot. Men and women in dark suits climbed out, carrying briefcases and tablets. They moved with the practiced … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE BURIAL Friday, October 20th – 9:00 AM The cemetery was on a hill overlooking the hospital, a small plot of land that had been used for patient burials since the sanitarium days. The headstones were old, many of them unreadable, their inscriptions worn smooth by weather and time. Some … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 31 What the Hollow Finally Understood The Hollow continued sinking into the abyss beneath Blackwater Lake. Not collapsing. Not dying. Retreating. The towering shape of black water and stolen faces lowered slowly back toward the darkness below while the whispers throughout the chamber softened into something almost mournful. For the … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FATHER’S BODY Thursday, October 19th – 6:15 PM The cold storage room was silent except for the hum of the refrigeration units and the soft whisper of Sloane’s breath. She stood before the shelf that held her father’s body, the white sheet bunched in her hands, her eyes fixed … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 30 The Way Humans Taught It The chamber beneath Blackwater Lake was moments from complete collapse. Concrete groaned under impossible pressure while the abyss below widened with every tremor. Black water surged upward around the Hollow in unstable spirals, carrying thousands of fragmented faces through its shifting form like drowned … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE ADMINISTRATOR’S CONFESSION Thursday, October 19th – 5:30 PM The administrator’s office was the same as Sloane remembered. Large. Polished. Overlooking the city. But the woman behind the desk was different. The mask had slipped. Dr. Helena Marsh looked tired. Old. Afraid. “Close the door,” she said. Sloane closed it. … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 29 The Hollow Hesitates The hesitation changed everything. For the first time since the chamber beneath Blackwater Lake began collapsing, the Hollow stopped expanding. The towering shape of black water and stolen faces remained suspended above the abyss, motionless except for faint ripples moving through the thousands of memories trapped … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE FAMILIES Thursday, October 19th – 2:00 PM The conference room on the second floor of Meridian Psychiatric Hospital had not been used for family meetings in years. It was small, with a long table, uncomfortable chairs, and windows that looked out over the parking lot. The walls were bare, … Read more
THE PATIENT IN ROOM 13 THE INVESTIGATION Thursday, October 19th – 8:00 AM The knock on her office door came at exactly eight o’clock. Sloane had not slept. She had spent the night in her chair, her father’s journal in her lap, the list of names spread across her desk. The voices in her head … Read more
Buried During Snowfall – Chapter 28 The One Thing the Hollow Couldn’t Steal The Hollow recoiled without moving. The enormous shape of black water and stolen faces towered above the collapsing abyss beneath Blackwater Lake, yet something inside it had shifted. The whispers filling the chamber became uneven now. Disorganized. Searching. Confused. Because Adrian had … Read more
