Caleb Dean Rivers

In a world where memory can be rewritten, counted, or stolen, three stories reveal how truth refuses to stay buried.

In the shadows of a rigid surveillance state, a loyal technician begins to question everything after a flicker of forgotten footage triggers memories he never knew he had. His past may not be his own—and the ghost that haunts him might be the key to everything.

In a shattered society ruled by bureaucracy, a mother clings to her son’s existence even as records deny he was ever born. When truth is no longer documented, she must choose between trusting the system or her soul’s deepest certainty.

And in a quiet house with a towering mirror, a woman inherits more than she bargained for. What starts as flickers in the glass soon reflects back the parts of herself she fears most. In a place where every reflection shifts, is she slipping into madness—or seeing reality for the first time?

With elements of near-future dystopia, supernatural unease, and speculative grief, these stories explore the fragile threads that bind identity to memory. Each character faces a system designed to erase them. Each must decide what is worth remembering—even if it breaks them.

When truth threatens to destroy the life you know, would you fight to forget—or risk everything to remember?

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