Over the course of ten years, this is a story of descent: not of freedom, but of choices made in locked rooms; not of identity, but of uniforms—blue, green, pale yellow—that silently script fates. It is a tale of memory that clings like a ghost and the terrifying courage required to forget in order to survive another hour, another day.
Moving restlessly between instruction and nightmare, clarity and chaos, EngFin invites readers into a mirrored labyrinth where the cages are ornate, the selections are silent, and the true monsters are rarely those we were taught to fear. For those willing to step into this unsettling arena, the chill of recognition awaits.
Beumkes Sam is a writer fascinated by linguistic duality, psychological fracture, and the unseen architectures of power. In EngFin, Sam crafts a narrative that lives in the gap between word and echo, rule and enforcement, self and survival. Drawing from the stark traditions of folktale and gothic bureaucracy, Sam’s work explores the cold mechanics of selection and the haunting resilience of the human spirit.
Sam acknowledges the vital contributions of first readers, linguistic experts, and the haunting inspirations of cross-cultural storytelling. When not writing, Sam can be found navigating the real and imagined rooms that shape our divided worlds.
EngFin is Sam’s debut novel.