Shift Change

Some people spend their whole lives at work. Sam took it literally... You’ve spent the last six months working the quiet 11 PM to 7 AM graveyard shift at Route 9 Highway Mart, a lonely gas station tucked along a dark, forgotten highway. Your co-worker, Sam, is the ideal shift partner—friendly, reliable, and always willing to cover for you. But while cleaning out forgotten boxes in the back breakroom, a stack of old frames crashes to the floor, exposing a hidden truth: A wall of Employee of the Month awards stretching back decades. Last month’s photo shows Sam. Five years ago shows Sam. And a tarnished brass plaque from August 1930 shows Sam standing beside a vintage Model T, wearing the exact same smile and the exact same yellow polo. Before you can process what you're holding, the cold air from the walk-in cooler hits your neck, and heavy footsteps pause right behind you in the doorway. Now, trapped on a night shift that suddenly feels endless, you must figure out what Sam really is, what secret the gas station is hiding, and whether you'll live to clock out at 7:00 AM.