Ongoing
Black Company
45
2
Feb 19, 2026
A1,259words
Synopsis

The eyes will follow you until none see you anymore.

Life has never been easy for Ishikawa Masaru. A lazy eye and a speech impediment made him awkward. Poverty made him exhausted. All his life, he’s been haunted by spectral eyes that float in the shadows just before terrible things happen nearby. And now, life as a salaryman at a property management black company in Tokyo is robbing him of his sanity.

When his boss begins to ignore him and sends him to lead management at a grimy love motel, Masaru starts to feel like all of the world is ignoring him. Is he a victim of social constructs destined to leave him invisible, or is he actually fading in to nothingness?

Note from author

My psychological horror submission for NOVELOUS Worlds 2026.

My psychological horror submission for NOVELOUS Worlds 2026.

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