There is a sound beneath the city.
It does not warn. It does not demand.
It only measures.

The Yellow Path is a quiet dystopian horror novella about systems that function perfectly—and the people who learn to function inside them. Set within a world of corridors, protocols, and carefully defined limits, the story explores what happens when efficiency replaces ethics and care becomes a procedure.

This is not a story driven by explosions or rebellion. It is built from repetition, routine, and small acts of alignment. Meaning erodes gradually. Identity thins. Decisions are made long before anyone believes they have made them.

For readers who appreciate:

• Literary and philosophical dystopia

• Slow-burn, unsettling horror

• Bureaucratic and existential fiction