The psych ward is ten paces long.
The washroom beyond? Just five.
So what’s behind the rest?
I’ve mapped this whole place – voids everywhere. And they all link up.
Is every building like this? Whole cities, parallel worlds, meshed with ours?
“Harmless obsession,” my caseworker reckons.
Tomorrow I’m breaking through.
William Mitchell lives in East Sussex in the South of England. He is an award-winning author, having had early success with various Horror and Science Fiction publications before winning the Writers of the Future contest in 2012. His first novel, CREATIONS, came out in 2014 with John Hunt Publishing.
We need a sequel!!
Planning on writing anything this coming month, Joanna? Your stories are always excellent. You should consider something based on the Matrix universe.
Drop table’;/bin/sh
I thought someone was trying to hack the site and now I’m kicking myself for taking too long to get that!
Thanks Joanna! I’ll see what I can do :-)
Sounds like Minecraft, Tim.
(Just saw the trailer for Backrooms, whole weeks after writing this and having it accepted on the site. I have got to see that movie now!)