Soul to Squeeze

Dr. Elara Marks, a neuroscientist, perfects a method to extract and store human memories in crystalline form. Her breakthrough experiment with a volunteer named Leo spirals into chaos when the harvested memories develop autonomous consciousness and begin haunting their former hosts. Instead of offering emotional catharsis, the technology unlocks a gateway to a collective subconscious, blurring the lines between past traumas and present reality. Marks must contain the cascading phenomenon before her own memories are weaponized against her. The city descends into paranoia, where anyone could fall prey to the unresolved ghosts of others, now made tangible.