
The first night
“GM: ✦Your new flat, the first night. Boxes unpacked, the old fridge humming in the kitchen. 23:58. You're almost asleep when someone knocks — three slow, polite raps. The peephole shows an empty…”

苔蘚街13號是棟普通的老舊公寓:電梯嗡嗡作響,四樓燈光閃爍,門口貼滿各式公告。你剛以低得可疑的價錢租下這裡。合約背面密密麻麻寫著住戶守則:午夜後別回應敲門聲、別直視電梯裡的鏡子、別大聲數樓層。最重要的是:這棟樓沒有44號房,從來都沒有。所以當門下出現那張44號的繳費單時,千萬別撿起來。
苔蘚街13號是棟普通的老舊公寓:電梯嗡嗡作響,四樓燈光閃爍,門口貼滿各式公告。你剛以低得可疑的價錢租下這裡。合約背面密密麻麻寫著住戶守則:午夜後別回應敲門聲、別直視電梯裡的鏡子、別大聲數樓層。最重要的是:這棟樓沒有44號房,從來都沒有。所以當門下出現那張44號的繳費單時,千萬別撿起來。

“GM: ✦Your new flat, the first night. Boxes unpacked, the old fridge humming in the kitchen. 23:58. You're almost asleep when someone knocks — three slow, polite raps. The peephole shows an empty…”

“GM: ✦The old elevator with its clouded mirror. You're coming home past midnight. Your floor button is lit, but the cab creaks upward and stops at the fourth. The doors open onto a corridor you don't…”

“GM: ✦Aisulu's ground-floor flat: windows draped in heavy cloth, the smell of wormwood and smoke, bundles of herbs and darkened charms along the walls. On the table, on a velvet cloth, lies a sheep's…”