In Between Rooms by Adrian M. Mompoint is a brilliant, fascinating story in which supernatural horror blends with psychological thriller. Mirah wakes up at the cry of an infant, but the apartment is empty. Walking around, she discovers strange, unexpected items, feels and sees presences she cannot recognize, and hears strange voices. The atmosphere feels as if the space is tightening, and Mirah notices that time stands still, but it feels like hours have passed. She finds a small stuffed elephant, a doll in the trash bin, toothbrushes on the previously bare sink, and a male shoe by the door whose owner she does not know. The TV flicks on and off by itself, unraveling short scenes from Mirah’s life, and the apartment shakes as if in an earthquake. Will Mirah discover the meaning of this overwhelming experience?

In Between Rooms is one of the best horror stories I have read recently. I liked how Adrian M. Mompoint transposed his fascination with Stephen King’s The Shining into this brilliant novella, creating his own literary world that shines and sparkles with perfect storytelling and depth of meaning. I liked the nail-biting, overwhelming intensity of the atmosphere as Mirah’s nightmare gained momentum, making her desperate but unable to escape. And I appreciated even more how the clues gradually connected Mirah’s memory threads, revealing the events of her life to which they related and enriched the story with memorable symbols. For me, the stuffed elephant was the most important and the richest in meaning. I highly recommend this entertaining, thought-provoking, masterfully written novella to fans of supernatural horror fiction and psychological thrillers.

In Between Rooms by Adrian M. Mompoint follows Mirah Kinset, who wakes inside an apartment with no memory of her identity and no explanation for how she arrived there. Her clue is a hospital wristband with her name, yet the rooms begin changing before she can find an exit. The apartment projects scenes from a life she does not recognize, drawing her toward a childhood fire connected to the stuffed elephant that keeps appearing beside her. Figures from those memories insist that Mirah already knows what happened, while the building recreates places she believed were lost. As the fire returns, Mirah realizes the apartment is built from something hidden within her past. Escaping depends on discovering why these rooms have trapped her before the flames reach her again.

Adrian M. Mompoint’s In Between Rooms is surreal psychological horror that turns a home into a frightening mental maze, and connects every scare directly to Mirah. Mirah feels like a real person, and by fleshing her out so well, we can place her fear right beside her desperation to understand what surrounds her. Mompoint makes the apartment so terribly claustrophobic and oppressive as ordinary rooms take on new uses, and every doorway feels capable of betrayal. In a scene that amped up my anxiety, Mompoint transforms a giant centipede in the kitchen by giving it the gentle voice of one of Mirah’s former pupils. Everything in the story tightens the pacing as the discoveries recast earlier scenes. At a funeral home, a mourner hums Mirah’s favorite song before the entire gathering turns toward her with matching smiles. It's going to take some time before I scrub that image completely from my mind! This is first-rate horror for readers who love the surreal in fractured reality. Very highly recommended.

In Between Rooms by Adrian M. Mompoint is a suspense-filled novella that follows a young woman as she tries to figure out who she is. Mirah wakes up to the sound of a crying infant. Soon, she realizes she is in a mysterious apartment with no memories of her past or how she ended up there. A chain of escalating reality-bending events makes her further disillusioned about her identity. She hears voices, feels the floors move, and sees monstrous centipedes and tarantulas. Slowly, she begins to recover some of her painful memories from her childhood. As the flames chase Mirah, she keeps her stuffed elephant close to her. But Mirah must find a way to escape this nightmare, or she risks being trapped inside it forever.

In Between Rooms is the kind of psychological thriller/horror story that keeps its hooks in you from start to finish. Author Adrian M. Mompoint demonstrates a masterclass in building tension and intrigue with an absorbing narrative that never lets your eyes wander from the pages. You're in the headspace of an unreliable narrator with a damaged psyche. So you keep wondering whether the events that unfold are actual reality or just the protagonist's vivid imagination being depicted on the pages. I liked how Mompoint keeps the core mystery from the reader until the very last few pages. It keeps you interested all the way through. Despite her past, I found myself sympathizing with Mirah. I also enjoyed the setting. The apartment has a kind of claustrophobic atmosphere you can't ignore, to the point that it feels like a character on its own. Overall, I loved the book and highly recommend it.