The Hundredth Floor
J.S. Frankel
- Kyle
- Toombs,
- seventeen,
- is
- about
- to
- walk
- the
- race
- of
- his
- life.
- Suffering
- from
- the
- mental
- and
- physical
- aftereffects
- of
- a
- terrible
- accident
- that
- almost
- took
- his
- life,
- bullied
- at
- school,
- he
- enters
- a
- contest
- in
- order
- to
- show
- that
- he's
- capable
- of
- doing
- the
- impossible.
- The
- contest
- is
- at
- a
- local
- hotel,
- and
- the
- rules
- are
- simple—walk
- up
- to
- the
- fifty-ninth
- floor
- and
- then
- down
- again.
- Rule
- number
- two
- is
- that
- he
- must
- have
- a
- partner,
- and
- his
- partner
- comes
- in
- the
- form
- of
- Marina
- Ohanian,
- another
- student
- who
- has
- secrets
- and
- scars
- of
- her
- own.
- Along
- the
- way,
- things
- go
- from
- the
- mundane
- to
- the
- unsettling
- to
- the
- truly
- horrifying,
- as
- a
- demon
- named
- Ankrus
- makes
- an
- appearance,
- toying
- with
- their
- minds
- as
- well
- as
- the
- reality
- they
- are
- in.
- Various
- scenarios,
- some
- that
- are
- amusing
- in
- a
- grotesque
- way,
- and
- some
- that
- are
- simply
- grotesque,
- beset
- the
- duo,
- and
- they
- offer
- challenges
- to
- the
- mind
- and
- spirit.
- It's
- up
- to
- Kyle
- and
- Marina
- to
- concentrate
- on
- the
- task
- at
- hand—finishing
- the
- race—before
- Ankrus
- can
- accomplish
- his
- own
- task,
- one
- that
- is
- too
- terrifying
- to contemplate.
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