In my book, Lost in the Backrooms: The Phoenix Files volume
1, Jane and MK embark on a mission to find a missing girl trapped in the
mysterious Backrooms. While they are unaware of the true nature of this strange
place, Jane has learned a bit about its origins. Years earlier, scientists
aimed to create a safe haven for the homeless and those facing financial
hardships. They developed a quantum replicator of sorts that manipulates its
surrounding area. A device capable of rapidly duplicating spaces, they tested
it in a vast warehouse. Initially, the device functioned perfectly, generating
a series of rooms and corridors adorned in soothing shades of yellow and white,
complete with ordinary beige carpeting.
Nothing about it looks like what the Backrooms appear--presently.
The construction of the rooms was still taking place within the warehouse, but
one night, the device unexpectedly malfunctioned—possibly due to sabotage. As
everyone slept, it activated on its own, alerting the scientists just a little
too late. They watched in horror as a message flashed on the large screen: “The
bridge has broken, merging is infinite.” A doorway began to materialize in an
untouched section of the warehouse, accompanied by a low rumble that escalated,
leading the staff to fear an imminent explosion. Efforts to evacuate the
residents were frantic, but not everyone managed to escape the chaos that
ensued. Some remained trapped.
The device burst open a dimensional doorway and started to
suck in everything around it, like a wormhole. When everything settled, which
took months, some of the scientists returned--orders from government. They
found the main entrance to the warehouse lobby as it was before, but something
was different.
As they explored,
they stepped into a bizarre mazelike structure. The warehouse ceiling was
replaced with a more office-like design featuring fluorescent lights,
transforming the space into a bizarre, non-Euclidean maze. Intrigued by this
new dimension, the team decided it was worth exploring further, leading to the
recruitment of additional scientists to investigate the mysterious world they
believed had been generated by the device.
The device didn’t actually create the liminal purgatory of
the non-Euclidean dimension; it merely opened a portal to it. A unique crystal
was integral to the device's function, enabling it to connect with the
Backroom's realm.
In Volume 5 of the Phoenix Files, MK accidentally finds
herself back in the Backrooms, where her biological father resides. He was one
of the scientists who didn’t escape before the dimension merged. If you’ve read
the first volume, you’ll recognize this storyline. Volume 5 will delve deeper
into this plot, and it will be the final time the Backrooms are referenced in any
of my books.
By the way, I am working on making Lost in the Backrooms a
visual novel, with the help of someone I know who knows how to make one.
Let’s move onto, The Maze from Hell: A Backrooms Tale. The
main characters enter the Backrooms by accident; they have no knowledge of the
history of the place. Aleena desperately seeks a way out but bumps into Eli, a
rich man who has a shady history. In the book, both characters find themselves
in a small colony, but as they became a part of the community, the colony
started to disappear. The Backrooms energy had pulled the town into its
dimension and set it in the wheat fields level, now it is disappearing, so
Aleena sees the problem and decides to make that trek back to the front rooms. Eli
follows her and by chance they end up together again, navigating through the
non-Euclidean maze. They finally find a door that leads them to the front rooms
but there’s something different. It is not the reality they came from. And this
is where I decided to add that twist into the narrative.
The Backrooms is an intriguing concept that can be explored
in various forms of media, such as stories, videos, and films, since it isn't
protected by copyright. Those familiar with the Backrooms often have their own
unique interpretations of what it entails and how it functions. In my books,
I've shared my perspective on the nature of the Backrooms and the mechanics of
its non-Euclidean dimension.
