The Listener

A psychological horror short story.

Ben Okri has listened to fourteen thousand hours of strangers' secrets as a medical transcriptionist — and he's never been curious about a single one. That's the skill. But when the same nightmare starts appearing in therapy sessions across eleven states, a dream about a man with headphones who types everything you're thinking, Ben discovers that the boundary between listener and subject is thinner than silence itself.

"A masterclass in slow-burn psychological horror. The recursive premise is fresh and deeply unsettling." — Editor's Review, 8.3/10

1,482 words | Psychological Horror / Technological Horror