Jasper by Ken Browne

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Jasper is a haunting psychological thriller that blurs the line between reality, memory, and madness. The story follows Jasper Hale, a quiet man living in a small, wind-swept town where trains thunder through every few hours — and each time one passes, Jasper vanishes.

To outsiders, it seems like a trick of the light, a momentary lapse of attention. But Jasper’s girlfriend, Mara, knows it’s something far stranger. When Jasper reappears minutes — sometimes hours — later, he’s different: disoriented, hollow-eyed, and carrying memories that don’t belong to him. As the disappearances grow longer and more unpredictable, Mara begins to uncover a chilling truth buried deep in Jasper’s past — and in the town itself.

Each passing train is a trigger, pulling Jasper into an alternate reality shaped by guilt, trauma, and a secret he has fought to forget. As Mara races to uncover what’s happening before Jasper is lost for good, the story plunges into a disturbing exploration of identity, perception, and the fractures of the human mind.

In Jasper, every train is a ghost, every disappearance a descent — and the question is no longer where Jasper goes, but who he becomes when he returns.