The Third Floor
A psychological horror novella by Bianca Mannix
When Lena inherits her estranged uncle's crumbling apartment building, she expects dust, mildew, and regret, not a third floor that shouldn't exist.
Behind the elevator's broken brass doors lies a hallway of seven rooms, each marked with a symbol and each demanding a price. To escape, Lena must survive a series of trials that force her to confront the darkest corners of her past: hunger, grief, assault, loss, identity, and the choice between numbness and pain.
But the building doesn't just want her trauma, it wants her transformation.
Raw, visceral, and emotionally devastating, The Third Floor is a psychological horror novella about survival, memory, and the cost of choosing to live. For fans of House of Leaves, The Troop, and Tender Is the Flesh, this is horror that cuts deep and lingers long after the final page.