The Ninth Floor The darkness lasted only four seconds. But afterward, nothing inside the lounge felt the same. Emergency lights flickered weakly back to life across the room, painting everything in deep red shadows while the participants struggled to steady their breathing. The automatic doors remained sealed shut. The shadow beneath them was gone. And … Read more
Lockdown Red emergency lights flooded the hallways of Somna Labs while alarms screamed through the underground facility hard enough to vibrate the walls. The calm clinical atmosphere vanished instantly beneath flashing warning strobes and distorted automated announcements echoing through the corridors. “Sector C lockdown initiated.” “Security personnel report immediately.” “Containment protocol active.” The words repeated … Read more
Night Two Nobody trusted the facility anymore after the second evaluation. The atmosphere inside Somna Labs changed completely by the beginning of Night Two. Conversations became shorter. Participants stopped wandering alone through the lower hallways. Even Daniel, who spent most of the first day mocking everyone else’s fear, now looked visibly tense every time a … Read more
Participant Nine Nobody finished their meal after that. The dining hall remained unnaturally quiet while the participants sat frozen beneath the harsh fluorescent lights, each one subtly recounting faces from the transport van in their own minds. Eight people sat in the room. Everyone could physically see that. Yet the harder Ethan tried remembering the … Read more
Cognitive Evaluation The observation wing sat deep beneath the main facility, separated from the participant quarters by two security checkpoints and a long curved hallway lined with mirrored glass. The deeper Ethan walked into Somna Labs that morning, the more the facility stopped resembling a research center and started feeling like something designed to hide … Read more
Corridor C Ethan didn’t move. For several terrifying seconds, Ethan Vale simply stood frozen in the middle of Corridor C while the red numbers above the sealed security door continued glowing silently: 3:17 AM The woman behind the door spoke again. Softer this time. “Please…” God. Her voice sounded exhausted. Not aggressive. Not threatening. Human. … Read more
First Night The facility never became louder. That disturbed Ethan more the longer he stayed inside Somna Labs. Even hours after orientation ended, the underground research center remained unnaturally quiet beneath its bright artificial lights. No distant conversations echoed through the hallways. No busy medical staff rushed between rooms. No machinery hummed behind the sealed … Read more
Orientation Rain hammered against the windows of the transport van while the mountains outside disappeared beneath thick midnight fog. Inside the vehicle, silence settled heavily between the passengers, broken only by the low hum of tires moving along wet roads somewhere deep in the wilderness. Ethan Vale sat near the back of the van staring … Read more
Genre: Psychological Horror • Thriller • Mystery Story Synopsis: Nine strangers accept an unusually high-paying offer to participate in a private sleep experiment conducted inside an isolated underground research facility known as Somna Labs. The rules sound simple: remain awake for nine consecutive nights while scientists monitor the effects of prolonged sleep deprivation on human … Read more
Summer Summer is what you make of it. For the first time, I know exactly what I want to make. Summer || Jamie || Priya || Beginning Summer arrived in the specific way that Portland summers arrived — not with the dramatic statement of a city that had been waiting for heat, but with the … Read more
