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The Waiting System
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 1 2026
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
There is a system.
It is efficient. It is fair. It does not make mistakes.
And once you enter it... you do not leave.
When a man wakes to find himself assigned a number, he's told to wait-just like everyone else. At first, it seems harmless. A line. A process. A delay.
But the waiting never ends.
Rooms lead to other rooms. Instructions contradict themselves. Numbers climb higher and higher, while the rules remain just out of reach. Every step forward only leads deeper into a structure designed not to serve-but to contain.
Around him, others wait too. Some quietly. Some desperately. Some as if they've already given up.
As the system tightens its grip, he begins to understand the truth:
This isn't a mistake.
It's working exactly as intended.
The Waiting System is a dark, surreal descent into bureaucracy, control, and the quiet horror of being trapped in a process that no one can explain-and no one can escape.
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