The door behind Elias clicked shut, but the sound didn't echo. It was swallowed by the heavy, stale air of the stairwell. He didn't remember why he had entered the building, only that he needed to get to the top. He began to climb.
He looked down the center gap of the railing. The stairs spiraled into a black throat that seemed to have no floor. He looked up, and the view was identical—a repetitive, rhythmic geometry of steps and landings vanishing into a dim yellow haze. upstair(1).mp4
The video is a popular piece of "liminal space" or "analog horror" footage that has circulated widely on platforms like TikTok and YouTube. It typically depicts a first-person perspective of someone walking up a never-ending or increasingly distorted staircase in an empty, dimly lit building. The door behind Elias clicked shut, but the
Here is a story inspired by the unsettling atmosphere of that footage: The Infinite Ascent He began to climb