In my book, Lost in the Backrooms: The Phoenix Files Vol. 1, I explained that the Backrooms were originally created by the government to house the homeless, during the homeless crisis, it was a better solution and cost effective. It was a project that was supposed to help many people, a place where they can live comfortably and receive healthcare, mental health care, etcetera.
As mentioned in the book, the government created the Backrooms. They used a high tech quantum generator, that created living quarters inside a 4.1milluon square foot warehouse. The first few years, the program worked, people received the care they needed and a safe and clean place to live, then for reasons unknown, the device used to create the rooms, offices, classrooms etcetera, malfunctioned and it punched a hole into another dimension. Unbeknownst to the crew and everyone else living inside the warehouse, which was called, West of Eden, something was happening, something was warping reality around them. It was too late when it was discovered and many people died or were warped into Eldritch horror looking creatures.
When the quantum generator was shutdown, it did not stop the dimensions from merging. In fact, more levels were created, randomly. Those who did not mutate into creatures, either died or band together in colonies throughout the Backroom levels. The warehouse was shutdown & sealed, never to be opened again. Some have asked why didn't the Church use the portal within the warehouse to send hunters into the Backrooms, well, the entrance to the portal from the warehouse has been sealed with a large metal door and religious symbols are carved on the door. In my book I added a supernatural countenance to the Backrooms. A question was asked where in my story is the warehouse located, I would have to say in central California. The warehouse was the first low housing experiment for the homeless.
Second question was:
Will this ever happen in real life considering that we do have a real life homeless crisis?
I don’t know, maybe the part about building a large warehouse, creating clean & reasonable housing within it, can be a possibility, but as for the Backrooms coming to life, well it is fiction.
I would like to note that In the Phoenix Files, Jane is a lesbian and even though that is not a big deal, unfortunately nowadays, it can be an 'issue' for some parents. I just wanted to bring it to the reader's attention. I focus on the growth of the characters as the story progresses. They fight against the supernatural/paranormal. Think of it like the tv series Supernatural.
The Backrooms is open for interpretation, any author can create a story around the lore and the story doesn’t have to always follow the Backrooms videos. My advice to other authors:
Create your own monsters that roam the endless halls of the Backrooms, be original. Remember, no one owns the Backrooms, it is not copyrighted material and that is why you see many books & other related content created around the Backrooms.
(About the quantum generator: In my book, it is a device that generates rooms almost like magic, but it is a high tech way of doing it, however the scientist that created the device, added something different into the mix; he created an experimental device that can punch through another dimension. The scientist used it while the quantum generator was in use and that is what happened and how the Backrooms were created. He continues to live within the Backrooms, and has become the entity that some in the Backrooms know as the Care Giver. He sees himself as the creator of his own world. All of this will be explained in Vol. 6 There and Back Again. )
I had fun writing the first book of the Phoenix Files series. As I stated in the Author’s Notes in the back pages of my book, The Backrooms will return in volume 6, There and Back Again.
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