The Ouroboros Effect
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Last published Thu, Aug 4, 2016
A man. He watches with his very own eyes as a truck runs over his beloved wife, who stood by him in everything, and was everything he stood for. Disillusioned with the world and his life, the man questions the universe if he can ever turn back the clock.
Another man. He watches his own life crumble before his very own eyes as he is inexplicably diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has nobody to trust, except for his therapist. As his schizophrenia worsens, the man starts to question if everything in his life is but a lie.
"The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exists,"
- Rosalind Lutece
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