Every night, the last train repeats the same journey. Ruby boards the 11:47 PM service like she always does-same platform, same tired conductor, same stale air. And every night, halfway through the tunnel, the lights flicker... then everything goes black. Ruby wakes up back on the platform again. At first she thinks it's stress. Then she notices the details: the same broken poster, the same coughing man, the same girl in a yellow coat who never gets on. Until one night Ruby sees something she's never seen before... A message scratched into the carriage window: DON'T LET HIM BOARD. Ruby doesn't know who "him" is-until the doors open and a stranger steps on with a smile that feels wrong. The air turns heavy. Time tightens like a noose. The loop isn't random. It's a trap. And someone has been waiting for Ruby to remember why she's here... before the train carries her to the one moment she can never undo. Last Train to 1999 is a fast, twist-filled time loop thriller short read packed with mystery, tension, and a satisfying emotional payoff.