The Place

When young astrophysicist Evgeny Drakin, having stayed late at the institute over his dissertation, was pleased that he managed to catch the last tram, he could not even imagine where it would take him. On the way, Evgeny dozed off, and when he woke up, growing fear overtook him: he was alone in the car, the lights were out, the engine wasn’t running, and in the driver’s compartment, it seemed, no one was there—but nevertheless, the tram was speeding forward at enormous speed through a mysterious and sinister night forest…