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Out of Office
Paperback
HumorScience FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 15 2026
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED. IT WILL BE CONFLICT-RESOLVED.
Every office has its quirks. A flickering fluorescent bulb, a missing stapler, a door that stays locked from the inside. But at the Zenith Corporation, the architecture itself feels like a corporate gaslight.
Employees arrive, punch in, and disappear into a maze of institutional beige and endless corridors. Efficiency is paramount. Compliance is mandatory. Emotional outbursts are strictly scheduled for the 15-minute afternoon break.
Then a folded paper crane appears on the threshold of a hidden, unmapped crawlspace behind a gray wall panel.
Inside the gap lies a world the company forgot: a warm, shadow-lit sanctuary of string lights, repurposed cubicle walls, and quiet, human rebellion. From this secret vantage point, the mundane absurdity of corporate life takes on a strange, uncanny weight. As the boundary between the sterile office and the hidden room begins to blur, a quiet choice must be made: keep clocking in for a life that isn't yours, or step into the shadows to find something real.
Perfect for fans of Severance and literary speculative fiction, Out of Office is a melancholy, deeply witty, and surreal dive into what happens when we try to log out of the system for good.
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