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Eleven Seconds Longer Each Time
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Eleven Seconds Longer Each Time

Horror · English · Being written now

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Zainab Oyelaran-Pereira was the bodyguard whose blink became a meme. Two years on, she works nights at a rental building in the port city of São Vidal, where the only thing she protects is the parcel room. Then a phone clip of her worst night arrives in a tenant's group chat. It is eleven seconds longer than it was. Every time it plays, it runs longer, and what it shows is true.

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  1. 1Eleven Seconds1,776 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 11 views
  2. 2The Man in the Raincoat1,954 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  3. 3Controlled Conditions2,100 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  4. 4Seventeen and Furious1,778 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  5. 5Good Evening, Zee1,605 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  6. 6Cut1,617 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  7. 7Flat 1A1,858 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  8. 8Anticipation Mode1,795 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  9. 9Field Technician1,682 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 13 views
  10. 10Registration1,795 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 13 views
  11. 11Whom Do You Serve1,772 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  12. 12The Office Opens at 2:471,864 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  13. 13Carpenter's Section1,695 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  14. 14Room Tone1,991 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  15. 15Community Update2,191 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  16. 16The Wharf Copy1,980 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  17. 17We Are So Glad1,820 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 15 views
  18. 18The Index Card1,939 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  19. 19Radiography1,672 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 14 views
  20. 20Borrowed Seconds1,755 words · 8 Oct 2026 · 18 views
  21. 21Dead Side1,890 words · 8 Oct 2026
  22. 22Transfer1,824 words · 8 Oct 2026
  23. 23Sequeira, C.1,874 words · 8 Oct 2026
  24. 24Roll of Clerks1,693 words · 8 Oct 2026
  25. 25Emeritus1,817 words · 8 Oct 2026
  26. 26Appointment2,236 words · 8 Oct 2026
  27. 27Present1,732 words · 8 Oct 2026
  28. 28Clerk's Discretion1,797 words · 8 Oct 2026
  29. 29Full Foresight1,819 words · 8 Oct 2026
  30. 30Eleven Seconds Ahead1,755 words · 8 Oct 2026
  31. 31Pulling the Plug1,649 words · 8 Oct 2026
  32. 32Next Caller1,978 words · 8 Oct 2026
  33. 33Holding in Trust1,700 words · 8 Oct 2026
  34. 34One Second Each1,945 words · 8 Oct 2026
  35. 35A Hundred and Two Sundays2,106 words · 8 Oct 2026
  36. 36Alterations2,113 words · 8 Oct 2026
  37. 37The Courteous Kind2,006 words · 8 Oct 2026
  38. 38Cut, Said the Recordist1,984 words · 8 Oct 2026
  39. 39Place Seven1,930 words · 8 Oct 2026
  40. 40What Was on the Left1,904 words · 9 Oct 2026
  41. 41Place Seven1,921 words · 9 Oct 2026
  42. 42The Ninth Step1,814 words · 9 Oct 2026
  43. 43Clause Nine1,781 words · 9 Oct 2026
  44. 44The Join1,720 words · 9 Oct 2026
  45. 45Official Cut1,927 words · 9 Oct 2026
  46. 46Wrong Number1,823 words · 9 Oct 2026
  47. 47A Girl Who Goes Home1,996 words · 9 Oct 2026
  48. 48Exhibit Eleven1,899 words · 9 Oct 2026
  49. 49The Fifth Step2,068 words · 9 Oct 2026
  50. 50A Fully Ordinary Twelve1,901 words · 9 Oct 2026
  51. 51Present1,925 words · 9 Oct 2026
  52. 52A Cup for the Guest2,023 words · 9 Oct 2026
  53. 53Tell Her What Time2,226 words · 9 Oct 2026
  54. 54Third Time2,281 words · 9 Oct 2026
  55. 55Under the Lid2,190 words · 9 Oct 2026
  56. 56Frame Seven Four One Two2,272 words · 9 Oct 2026
  57. 57Whether She Can Bear to Stay1,964 words · 9 Oct 2026
  58. 58The Wanting2,026 words · 9 Oct 2026
  59. 59Due2,032 words · 9 Oct 2026
  60. 60A Coat on a Chair2,153 words · 9 Oct 2026
  61. 61Present2,255 words · 9 Oct 2026
  62. 62Soft as an Earlobe2,029 words · 9 Oct 2026
  63. 63Said No1,956 words · 9 Oct 2026
  64. 64House Rules2,158 words · 9 Oct 2026
  65. 65Thirty-Seven Point Oh2,074 words · 9 Oct 2026
  66. 66The Room Tone of You2,156 words · 9 Oct 2026
  67. 67The Tenth Step2,303 words · 9 Oct 2026
  68. 68A Hobby With Gloves2,342 words · 9 Oct 2026
  69. 69The Pans at Five2,102 words · 9 Oct 2026
  70. 70Good Morning, Joana2,295 words · 9 Oct 2026
  71. 71The Rice Wants Salt2,299 words · 9 Oct 2026
  72. 72A Person I Cannot Recall2,315 words · 9 Oct 2026
  73. 73Eat the Apple2,292 words · 9 Oct 2026
  74. 74Red Ink2,324 words · 9 Oct 2026
  75. 75The Easy Walk2,296 words · 9 Oct 2026
  76. 76Both Ears2,230 words · 9 Oct 2026
  77. 77The Rope1,938 words · 9 Oct 2026
  78. 78Mind His Corners1,998 words · 9 Oct 2026
  79. 79A Guest2,002 words · 9 Oct 2026
  80. 80The Bits Where Someone Trips1,993 words · 9 Oct 2026
  81. 81Early2,197 words · 9 Oct 2026
  82. 82Pear Drop2,234 words · 9 Oct 2026
  83. 83Boxwood2,267 words · 9 Oct 2026
  84. 84A Goose, Told2,126 words · 9 Oct 2026
  85. 85The Red Dot2,252 words · 9 Oct 2026
  86. 86Under Breakfast2,097 words · 9 Oct 2026
  87. 87Revision Fourteen2,218 words · 9 Oct 2026
  88. 88Eleven a Minute2,097 words · 9 Oct 2026
  89. 89In Order2,192 words · 9 Oct 2026
  90. 90A Delay Line2,165 words · 9 Oct 2026
  91. 91Present2,362 words · 9 Oct 2026
  92. 92The Tenth Step2,063 words · 9 Oct 2026
  93. 93The Gaps2,015 words · 9 Oct 2026
  94. 94In Lieu2,091 words · 9 Oct 2026
  95. 95The Jar Lid2,243 words · 9 Oct 2026
  96. 96Held For2,226 words · 9 Oct 2026
  97. 97Tchk2,254 words · 9 Oct 2026
  98. 98Noted2,074 words · 9 Oct 2026
  99. 99Go Away (Lovingly)2,036 words · 9 Oct 2026
  100. 100Fourteen Lines2,069 words · 9 Oct 2026
  101. 101No Offers2,229 words · 23 Oct 2026
  102. 102In Lieu of Mr Quill2,175 words · 23 Oct 2026
  103. 103The Next One2,150 words · 23 Oct 2026
  104. 104A Shop Cake2,142 words · 23 Oct 2026
  105. 105A.F.G.2,376 words · 23 Oct 2026
  106. 106Held By2,105 words · 23 Oct 2026
  107. 107Name Tapes2,047 words · 23 Oct 2026
  108. 108Standard Slip2,179 words · 23 Oct 2026
  109. 109Leading the Beat2,280 words · 23 Oct 2026
  110. 110It's Fine2,045 words · 23 Oct 2026
  111. 111No Adjective2,119 words · 23 Oct 2026
  112. 112Struck2,080 words · 23 Oct 2026
  113. 113Nobody Is Called on an Empty Stomach1,985 words · 23 Oct 2026
  114. 114Was That Right2,131 words · 23 Oct 2026
  115. 115A Second Behind2,174 words · 23 Oct 2026
  116. 116Received By2,214 words · 23 Oct 2026
  117. 117The Third Box2,150 words · 23 Oct 2026
  118. 118Sixteen1,969 words · 23 Oct 2026
  119. 119Is This Thing On2,166 words · 23 Oct 2026
  120. 120Eleven Days2,075 words · 23 Oct 2026
  121. 121In Liquidation2,031 words · 23 Oct 2026
  122. 122Concert Pitch1,987 words · 23 Oct 2026
  123. 123Under Other1,999 words · 23 Oct 2026
  124. 124One Tick2,158 words · 23 Oct 2026
  125. 125Where the Plates Live2,097 words · 23 Oct 2026
  126. 126The Fridge Is a D2,150 words · 23 Oct 2026
  127. 127Exactly What Is Owing2,028 words · 23 Oct 2026
  128. 128The Building, in Key1,983 words · 23 Oct 2026
  129. 129Queried2,002 words · 23 Oct 2026
  130. 130Number Seven1,899 words · 23 Oct 2026
  131. 131Has a Name1,971 words · 23 Oct 2026
  132. 132Here Is Where We Don't Know Yet1,936 words · 23 Oct 2026
  133. 133The Slope1,935 words · 23 Oct 2026
  134. 134Whoever Is on the Stair1,889 words · 23 Oct 2026
  135. 135Provided1,872 words · 23 Oct 2026
  136. 136Resumed2,133 words · 23 Oct 2026
  137. 137What Time2,006 words · 23 Oct 2026
  138. 138A Chair Be Placed1,974 words · 23 Oct 2026
  139. 139If She Sings2,132 words · 23 Oct 2026
  140. 140Paused1,949 words · 23 Oct 2026
  141. 141Rita2,192 words · 23 Oct 2026
  142. 142Terms Read1,996 words · 23 Oct 2026
  143. 143Scenario B2,147 words · 23 Oct 2026
  144. 144Behind the Facts2,079 words · 23 Oct 2026
  145. 145An Inch Lower1,948 words · 23 Oct 2026
  146. 146Sleeves Wet1,982 words · 23 Oct 2026
  147. 147A Man With a Button1,986 words · 23 Oct 2026
  148. 148A Round2,062 words · 23 Oct 2026
  149. 149In the Chair1,953 words · 23 Oct 2026
  150. 150The Company's Page2,017 words · 23 Oct 2026
  151. 151Fed2,065 words · 23 Oct 2026
  152. 152Declined2,010 words · 23 Oct 2026

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