The Russian Sleep Experiment
A Horror Novella Inspired by the Classic Urban Legend
The Russian Sleep Experiment is a new horror/psychological novella by Holly Ice, inspired by the Cold War. The Soviet Union is conducting unethical, secret experiments in the depths of Siberia. This particular experiment is conducted on political prisoners ahead of the scientific trial being approved for human experimentation. The Soviet Union wants the edge in any coming conflict and to do this, they test Gas 76-IA on four volunteers. These political prisoners are offered their freedom in exchange for thirty days without sleep, powered by this mysterious gas, but the side effects are more than they had bargained for.
The Russian Sleep Experiment is an extension to novella length of the original Creepypasta short story, with added content.
This extension of the tale has three parts:
Part 1: Told from the POV of one the prisoners, this part tells the story of how the political prisoners were recruited from their camp to take part in the experiment. (This was not explained in detail in the original short story.)
Part 2: Told from the POV of one of the experimentees and the lead scientist. This part fleshes out the major action of the original tale in real time. We see what happens from inside the mind of the prisoners and from inside the cage of the experiment, as well as from the logbooks of the very ambitious lead scientist.
Part 3: Told from the POV of one of the scientists involved in the experiment, after it has concluded. This final section shows the consequences of the experiment and is based in rural Siberia.
The Russian Sleep Experiment features artwork by award-winning graphic artist Daniel Tyka. Published by Almond Press.
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Sleep-Experiment-Holly-Ice/dp/1988074002
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Sleep-Experiment-Holly-Ice-ebook/dp/B013S6IHI4
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Russian-Sleep-Experiment-Holly-Ice-ebook/dp/B013S6IHI4
About the Author: Holly Ice is a graduate of Staffordshire University with a Degree in Creative Writing and hails from a Southern UK shire. She has been a lover of original, unusual stories (especially the romantic and fantastical kind) since she was too little to read for herself. This passion fueled her quest of discovery into the unknown possibilities and questions of myth, fantasy and the supernatural. Not one to limit herself, Holly refuses to pick one genre and stick to it. Instead, she mixes some of her favorites. Holly’s work has been published by Newcon Press, Almond Press, the H.G.Wells Competition (for which she was short-listed in 2012) and Indent Magazine. www.hollyice.co.uk | www.hollyemmaice.wordpress.com
