
The Lattice
Dr. Elara Voss adjusted her gloves, the rubber cracking slightly as she reached for the control panel. The room hummed with the low thrum of machinery, a sound that had become as familiar as her own heartbeat. Before her, the…
Brutal Experimentations, Unexpected Content
Dr. Elara Voss adjusted her gloves, the rubber cracking slightly as she reached for the control panel. The room hummed with the low thrum of machinery, a sound that had become as familiar as her own heartbeat. Before her, the…
Dr. Elara Voss injected the serum, her fingers trembling as the cold liquid seeped into her vein. The lab’s fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting a sterile glow over the stainless steel tables. She had always preferred solitude, but the isolation…
The rain tapped the window like a cipher, each drop a secret whispered to the glass. Mara stood at the edge of the town square, her boots sinking into the mud as she scanned the rows of weathered storefronts. The…
The air in the sublevel bunker tasted like rust and static, a metallic tang that clung to the back of Dr. Elara Voss’s throat. She adjusted her gloves, the latex creaking as she stepped into the observation chamber. The subject—Project…
Dr. Lila Voss adjusted the sterile gloves on her hands, the latex creaking as she leaned over the observation table. The man lying beneath the thin sheet—Elias Mercer—had no idea how close he was to unraveling everything she believed about…
The wind clawed at Mara’s coat as she stepped off the rusted bus, its engine sputtering like a dying animal. The air smelled of pine resin and something older—decaying wood, maybe, or the faint tang of blood. She hadn’t been…
The air inside the underground facility hummed with a low, metallic resonance, like the breath of a dormant beast. Dr. Elara Voss adjusted her gloves, her fingers brushing against the cold steel of the containment chamber’s exterior. The light from…
The sterile chamber reeked of antiseptic and iron. Dr. Elara Voss blinked against the harsh overhead lights, her pulse a frantic drumbeat in her ears. Her fingers twitched against the cold metal table, ribs creaking as she sat up. The…
The rain tapped against the window like a cipher, each drop a letter in a language only the storm understood. Mara tightened her grip on the mug, its ceramic warmth seeping into her palms as the flickering overhead light cast…
Dr. Elara Voss adjusted the dial on the cylindrical device, its surface etched with intricate patterns that seemed to shift when viewed from different angles. The lab’s fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, casting a sterile glow over the steel worktables. She…
Dr. Elara Voss adjusted the neural interface, its cold metal pressing against her temple as the lab’s hum thickened around her. The device, a sleek array of electrodes and pulsing blue light, had been her life’s work—a bridge between memory…
The rain fell in steady sheets as Mara stepped off the bus, her boots sinking into the muddy path leading to the town of Blackwood. The air smelled of wet pine and something sharper—oil, maybe, or decay. She pulled her…
The air in the facility hummed with a low, metallic resonance, like a heartbeat trapped beneath concrete. Dr. Elara Voss adjusted her gloves, the latex creaking as she stepped into the observation chamber. Across the glass, Subject 17 sat motionless,…
Dr. Elara Myles found the journal buried beneath a stack of yellowed manuscripts in the university archives, its leather cover cracked like dried earth. The air smelled of mildew and old ink, but something else lingered—a metallic tang, sharp and…
The town of Hollowbrook clung to its secrets like a moth to a flickering bulb. Clara Voss returned not for nostalgia but for the file she’d left behind—a USB drive buried in her mother’s desk, its contents a cipher she’d…