Seven strangers wake in a desert diner with no memory of how they arrived.

The Blue Lantern sits alone on a New Mexico highway, its neon sign flickering in the darkness. Inside, seven people find themselves unable to leave. The doors won't open. The windows reveal nothing beyond. And something about this night feels impossibly wrong.

As hours stretch and reality bends, they begin to share their stories—secrets they've never told anyone, truths they've buried deep. A waitress haunted by her past. A businessman running from his future. A young mother carrying an unbearable choice.

In the strange liminal space of the diner, their confessions intertwine, and they begin to understand: this night demands something from each of them. But what they're facing—and whether they'll ever leave—remains terrifyingly unclear.

A haunting literary exploration of guilt, grace, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.

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