Black Sea
Sanatorium

It began when residents near the island contracted a strange illness—their bodies slowly began to dissolve, eventually vanishing without a trace. People believed it to be a rare and contagious disease, unaware that it was, in fact, a manifestation of the island’s own will.

Unknowing of the truth, they built a sanatorium on the isolated island to contain the disease and sent a fisherman to deliver supplies once a week. At first, only the sick were sent to the island, but eventually, criminals and dissenters were exiled there as well.

At some point, the fisherman disappeared. Yet, his boat still returned to the dock every Sunday at exactly 4:19 p.m., silently waiting for people to load it with supplies.

The “patients” hadn’t truly vanished—they had melted into the buildings, becoming one with the island. The island, once feared and despised, embraced them like a mother taking her children into her body. From that bond emerged a house with a will of its own: the Black Sea Sanatorium.