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Into the backrooms (Still life)

 (For correspondence and updates, please go to : https://ricebowl70.blogspot.com/2025/08/updates.html ) You had always wondered if other people had ever seen a wall that just seemed a bit off? Perhaps a floor that doesn’t seem to be as solid as it should be? Or maybe they walked down the street one day and had a bolt fall in front of them as if it had appeared out of thin air? You had experienced all three at varying points in your life, a bolt having fallen out of the sky when you had been walking home from work and a section of floor in a cornered off part of your old gym that you swore you saw a rat fall into once. The most prevalent of these was a wall at your place of work, one that you couldn't help but stare at despite the fact that it seemed to be just a normal, bland wall inside of an equally as bland building. You had also noticed other anomalies regarding the wall, such as strange humming coming from behind it despite the fact the wall was facing a busy road and the fact...

Three and then some (Lucy Lacemaker And Celia)

(For correspondence and updates, please go to : https://ricebowl70.blogspot.com/2025/08/updates.html ) Latest story here:(https://ricebowl70.blogspot.com/2026/09/into-backrooms-still-life.html Please post to Nightmare waifus.) The night had come, the stars shone brightly in the sky and you were driving across a relatively empty road, feeling as each and every bump hit your car’s wheels, your fingers tapping to the beat of the generic track they were playing on the radio. Usually you wouldn’t be driving at this hour, you weren’t the best at driving in the dark and the roads seemed to be particularly hazardous at this hour but you had agreed to go to a pseudo-concert at the edges of the city in one of the fancier buildings the city had. It was a “musical exhibition” as the advertisement called it, a chance for new artists to show themselves off to a live audience and your girlffriend Celia had managed to get a spot on stage. She had invited you to come, figuring that you would appreciat...