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Synopsis
Some buildings don’t just hold people—they process them.
In Terms of Being, ten horror stories slip their fingers under the clean edges of modern life and peel back what’s humming beneath: the contracts you didn’t read, the routines you didn’t choose, the systems that smile while they take.
A “focus floor” where denied claims go to finish dying. A voice that wakes in your mouth with someone else’s secrets. A map update that insists you turn onto roads that shouldn’t exist—and welcomes you by name. Eight minutes of perfect calm that feels like relief… until it starts feeling like instruction. A dead mall that rearranges itself after closing, offering you as its newest anchor tenant. A diner that survives by keeping its doors unlocked for the one customer you never refuse. A doll hospital where restoration becomes ritual, and the original body isn’t porcelain. A good room kept pristine for guests who never come—until it begins hosting without you.
These stories aren’t about monsters under the bed. They’re about the softer horrors: bureaucracy that eats memory, comfort that becomes captivity, nostalgia that turns predatory, and the quiet terror of realizing the world has terms—and you’ve been agreeing to them your whole life.
Open the door. Take the detour. Sign the form.
Just don’t expect to recognize yourself when you get back.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Some buildings don't just hold people-they process them.In Terms of Being, ten horror stories slip their fingers under the clean edges of modern life and peel back what's humming beneath: the contracts you didn't read, the routines you didn't choose, the systems that smile while they take.A "focus floor" where denied claims go to finish dying. A voice that wakes in your mouth with someone else's secrets. A map update that insists you turn onto roads that shouldn't exist-and welcomes you by name. Eight minutes of perfect calm that feels like relief. until it starts feeling like instruction. A dead mall that rearranges itself after closing, offering you as its newest anchor tenant. A diner that survives by keeping its doors unlocked for the one customer you never refuse. A doll hospital where restoration becomes ritual, and the original body isn't porcelain. A good room kept pristine for guests who never come-until it begins hosting without you.These stories aren't about monsters under the bed. They're about the softer horrors: bureaucracy that eats memory, comfort that becomes captivity, nostalgia that turns predatory, and the quiet terror of realizing the world has terms-and you've been agreeing to them your whole life.Open the door. Take the detour. Sign the form.Just don't expect to recognize yourself when you get back. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798243997188
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Terms of Being (Paperback)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Some buildings don't just hold people-they process them.In Terms of Being, ten horror stories slip their fingers under the clean edges of modern life and peel back what's humming beneath: the contracts you didn't read, the routines you didn't choose, the systems that smile while they take.A "focus floor" where denied claims go to finish dying. A voice that wakes in your mouth with someone else's secrets. A map update that insists you turn onto roads that shouldn't exist-and welcomes you by name. Eight minutes of perfect calm that feels like relief. until it starts feeling like instruction. A dead mall that rearranges itself after closing, offering you as its newest anchor tenant. A diner that survives by keeping its doors unlocked for the one customer you never refuse. A doll hospital where restoration becomes ritual, and the original body isn't porcelain. A good room kept pristine for guests who never come-until it begins hosting without you.These stories aren't about monsters under the bed. They're about the softer horrors: bureaucracy that eats memory, comfort that becomes captivity, nostalgia that turns predatory, and the quiet terror of realizing the world has terms-and you've been agreeing to them your whole life.Open the door. Take the detour. Sign the form.Just don't expect to recognize yourself when you get back. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798243997188
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