The Third Minute

When Zoe receives a mysterious phone call from her own number at exactly 3:03 a.m., she's thrust into a chilling encounter with a voice that sounds exactly like hers—warning her to flee her apartment. Dismissing it as a glitch or a nightmare, Zoe hesitates, only to find her world slowly unraveling. Shadows move where they shouldn’t, footsteps echo inside her locked apartment, and a doppelgänger wearing her face appears with a cryptic message: You didn’t leave.

As the lines between reality and something darker blur, Zoe must uncover what happens in the minute after 3:03—and what waits for her on the other side. A psychological horror short that explores identity, time, and the terrifying possibility of being replaced by yourself.