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The Shift

Reads 86
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Parts 27
Time 1h 29m

Reads 86
Votes 24
Parts 27
Time 1h 29m

Mature

horror-thriller horrorfiction psycho-thriller sciencefiction

Alex has a demanding job and crushing debt. But a nightmare is costing him more than money.

Every morning, Alex wakes up paralyzed by exhaustion, his lungs screaming for air, his body aching as if he's spent the night running through cement. These symptoms aren't just stress; they are proof that something terrifying is happening during his sleep.

Desperate and facing financial ruin, Alex is drawn to SomnusCorp, a secretive biotech firm offering a high-paying "Sleep Restoration Trial." They promise to cure the very anxiety that is slowly killing him. All he has to do is wear their elegant, minimalist headpiece for five minutes every night.

But the moment the device activates, Alex is thrown into The Shift: a hostile, viscous dream-world where impossible physics and rising environmental threats test the limits of his endurance. Survival demands everything he has, and failure means a crushing price-a price measured not in money, but in life force.

When Alex discovers an anonymous network of others suffering the same waking horrors, he realizes the trial is not a cure, but a system of brutal, elegant exploitation. To survive, Alex must stay awake long enough to expose the truth and shatter the system before his next Shift leaves him breathless forever.

The clock is counting down. What would you do to reclaim your rest?All Rights Reserved

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