Do not sleep until 4:44
For three weeks he has woken at exactly 4:44. His friend says that is not insomnia, something is waking him.
- ThemDo not sleep tonight until 4:44
- YouWhat
- ThemJust stay awake. I will explain after
- YouExplain now
- ThemYesterday you said you wake up at 4:44
- YouI do. Three weeks running
- ThemAt exactly 4:44
- YouTo the minute
- pause 1.5 s
- ThemThen something is waking you
- YouMy bladder is waking me
- ThemAt the same minute for three weeks
- YouFine. Say it is not
- pause 1.2 s
- ThemMy sister had the same thing
- YouAnd
- ThemOne night she did not wake at 4:44
- YouDid not wake how
- ThemShe slept through it. That is all
- pause 1.8 s
- YouAnd what happened
- ThemNothing happened. That is the point
- She stopped waking up. Altogether
- YouDo you mean sleep or do you mean
- ThemSleep
- pause 1.5 s
- YouWhat time is it
- Them4:37
- YouI am awake, do not worry
- ThemGood. Message me every minute
- pause 1.2 s
- You4:40
- 4:41
- pause 1.8 s
- ThemMessage me
- pause 1.5 s
- Are you there
- pause 1.2 s
- You4:44
- This is not him
How it works
The story runs in real time, so the reader waits out the minute with the character. The last line arrives exactly on schedule, and that is what makes it frightening.
How to make it yours
The story runs minute by minute, so send the times as separate messages and skip none. 4:44 can become any repeating time, 3:33 or 2:22, but then change it in every line. Keep the sister’s story short: it is the only backstory and it should break off mid-thought. The last two messages must stay on the right, on his side: what frightens is that they come from his phone.
Every story here is fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.
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