Where Seconds Break: A Collection of Psychological Horror

By H.J. Blackwood

Time doesn't always move forward.
Sometimes it fractures.
Inside a crumbling government building filled with forgotten files and failing clocks, workers begin noticing something impossible.
Reports are filed before the incidents happen.
Archived employees are seen long after their deaths.
And every fatal case is recorded at the exact same moment.
10:17 p.m.

In Where Seconds Break, H.J. Blackwood delivers twelve unsettling psychological horror stories that explore what happens when trauma, bureaucracy, and time itself begin to unravel.

Across these stories, people on the edge encounter systems that seem to know far too much:

- A night shift worker who discovers files predicting violent futures.
- A tenant whose home seems to remember the previous deaths within its walls.
- A bureaucratic system that quietly records events before they happen.
- And the final reviewer assigned to close cases that should not exist.

Each story can stand alone, but together they reveal a disturbing truth:

Some systems don't protect people. They simply document the damage.

Bleak, haunting, and psychologically sharp, Where Seconds Break blends creeping dread, moral injury, and creeping supernatural horror into a collection that will stay with readers long after the final page.

Because somewhere, buried in a file cabinet that was never meant to be opened - Your story might already be written.

If you enjoy the unsettling atmosphere of psychological horror and stories where reality slowly fractures, this collection will pull you into a world where every second matters-and some seconds refuse to stay buried.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSQT9X98
• ISBN13: 9798251979589
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"