The Land of Dark Idols

He comes to the city to start over.

New job. New apartment. Just him and the cat.

At first, it's small things. A mall too large to map. Coworkers who speak in rehearsed tones. A grocery store selling something labeled with five letters he cannot forget. A crowd that watches him a little too long.

Then the geography shifts.

Parking lots rearrange themselves. Hallways narrow. A staff door opens into a space that should not exist and will not let him leave. Behind the glass, life goes on as if he ...