Jason wakes up choking, attacked by something he cannot see. When it releases him, every clock reads 10:41.
With no memory of how he arrived, Jason finds himself alone on an endless road, driven by the certainty that he is late for a meeting he does not remember agreeing to. The journey feels wrong from the start. Landmarks shift. Time behaves unpredictably. The people he encounters speak as if they have been here before, as if the path ahead is already known.
As the road stretches on, Jason's sense of self begins to erode. Memories fracture. Meaning slips. Reality bends in subtle but deliberate ways, revealing a system that operates according to rules he cannot see or understand. What initially feels like disorientation slowly becomes something more controlled, more intentional.
Beneath the chaos lies an unseen intelligence-cold, precise, and watching-guiding Jason toward a destination he may not survive.
1041 is a psychological horror novella that explores memory, inevitability, and the terror of being trapped inside a system that knows more about you than you know about yourself.
By:
David Gulasi Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 200g ISBN:9781764510103 ISBN 10: 1764510100 Publication Date:20 January 2026 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
