The Gaze Beneath the Sycamore

Chapter One – Synopsis (Brief):

Duran, a reclusive yet passionate photographer drawn to beauty in the ordinary, stumbles upon Julia during one of his evening photo walks in the city park. She’s quietly observing birds under a glowing sycamore tree—an unusual sight that seems to shimmer unnaturally at twilight. Intrigued by her stillness and the mysterious aura of the setting, Duran secretly begins photographing her over several evenings. He becomes increasingly fascinated, not just by her, but by strange anomalies appearing in his photos—glitches, light distortions, and spectral figures. Something about Julia and that tree is bending reality, and Duran is about to find himself pulled into a mystery far beyond the lens of his camera.