It was a musty, dimly lit room. Nothing like what she remembered from detective stories — not even the old communist ones. And yet it was supposed to be an interrogation room. She had been sitting in…

So this awakening was not really one of the usual ones. It wasn’t bad, really, but it was really far from what I was used to. In fact, I can’t even say why I woke up, or what exactly woke me up. But…

After making plans, a group of us—friends and acquaintances—headed out this year to an unnamed little town, where we planned to stay for a few days at a campground in cabins and explore the…