the Auction of Unlived Lives

Every human carries two kinds of memories — the ones they lived, and the ones they could have lived. In an abandoned theater called The Royal Echo Hall, once a year, at exactly midnight, a secret auction takes place. Not for gold. Not for diamonds. But for the lives people never lived. A life of courage you never chose. A love you never confessed. A dream you never dared to chase. A version of you that still waits, untouched by fear. The bidders are not rich. Not powerful. They are ordinary people—carrying extraordinary regrets. But here, the price is not money. You bid with memories, regrets, relationships, or even a person from your real life. Ethan Hale, a 42-year-old failed poet turned emotionless banker, attends the auction to buy back a life he lost — the life where he chose poetry over practicality. But during bidding, he discovers someone auctioning a life where he was loved, chosen, and never forgotten. His own forgotten lover. His own abandoned dream. His own unlived fate. To win back his unlived life, he must risk losing everything he currently owns — his present memories, his relationship with his daughter, or even the last real piece of his identity. In the Auction of Unlived Lives, you don't just pay to change your past. You risk erasing your present.