Story of the Storey: Blindfold Arises
1. What inspired you to write Story of the Storey? Was there a particular incident or place that sparked the idea? I once lived near a place that fascinated me deeply. It was once bustling with life but had turned completely deserted after the someone acquired it for some project. Every time I passed by, I felt the silence of that land whispering stories. The idea stayed with me for years. I wanted to give the place a second life through fiction, by sprinkling imagination into its forgotten corners. That’s how Story of the Storey was born. 2. The novel blends psychological horror with mystery in a very urban setting. Why did you choose a modern residential building like Sunrise Residency as the core of the story? People usually believe that independent or old houses are the scariest. But to me, modern residential buildings can be far more terrifying. Each floor has multiple homes, yet every door stays closed. You don’t know your neighbours, nor what happens behind those walls or staircases. Everyone uses lifts, making corridors eerily quiet. That silence itself becomes the perfect setting for unseen horrors to exist. 3. The tagline mentions: “Some buildings don’t just stand. They remember.” What role does memory—personal, historical, or collective, play in this narrative? Human beings carry memories and often revisit them during emotional moments. I extended that thought to land itself. What if land, too, remembers what it once held—its joys, sorrows, and tragedies? When such buried memories resurface, they can disturb the present and drive ...
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