In a city where glass staircases appear out of nowhere and time leaves fingerprints on doors, night-shift cleaner Ari Reyes finds a folded paper triangle?and a map that moves. The trail leads to "stairfields" no one is supposed to see, ushers in gray coats, and a machine at the Apex that promises a more "manageable" world.

With a renegade archivist named Jun and a pocket full of stolen seeds, Ari learns that order can be a kindness?or a cage. Steps & Triangles is a surreal, heart-forward urban fantasy about grief, choice, and the stubborn kindness of imperfect things. If you like liminal cities, reality-bending mysteries, and found-family defiance, this novella will meet you at 12:34 and walk with you the rest of the way.

Content notes: Mild peril; themes of loss and resilience; no graphic content.