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THE RED LIGHT
Genre: Psychological Horror / Dark Thriller
The red light wakes Simon every time.
Flashing above his door like a silent alarm, it means one thing: there's work to do. Another body in the hallway. Another mess to erase. Another test of compliance from The Father, the man who's kept him prisoner in a decaying castle for fourteen years.
Simon knows the protocol. Seal the suit. Move the body. Fire the crematorium. Scrub the blood before it sets. Do it perfectly, or The Father will use the knife.
When the police finally raid the castle, Simon thinks he's been saved. But the detectives' questions don't make sense. The security footage doesn't match his memories. And the faces he should know... he can't see them at all.
Some prisons have bars. Some have walls.
Simon's prison is his own fractured mind.
Content Warning: Graphic violence, sexual assault (off-page), child abuse, psychological trauma, gore, death