Natchai Stappers

Reaching Out

When a groundbreaking experiment rips open a portal to another dimension, a team of researchers steps into the unknown—expecting discovery. Instead, they find themselves trapped in a world governed not by physics, but by memory, grief, and the haunting consequences of love lost.

As reality fractures around them, each team member is forced to confront what they’ve buried—until the dimension begins to bury them in return.

Reaching Out is a slow-burn speculative horror story about the weight we carry, the ghosts we live with, and what happens when we try to move forward without letting go.

Genre: Horror / Speculative Fiction

With its blend of atmospheric horror and human intimacy, Reaching Out may appeal to readers of Ted Chiang, Jeff VanderMeer, or Carmen Maria Machado—particularly those who appreciate speculative fiction that merges uncanny settings with deep emotional and thematic stakes.