I don't see how it changed things.

Jake's wife knew the story, at least well enough to be afraid of the place. It also was well enough known to be a major challenge bet just to go in there.

So people would know, especially news reporter types who knew Jake would know.

I probably can tweek the ending somewhat to make it less known by others. Just that Mark the reporter type knew, perhaps by the bet. Or someone can delete it. I would prefer that it doesn't get deleted. I could have put another story out in the time I spent doing this entry and I rather like what I did.

During my chat session on Discord with Helel I learned that this place is intended to change locations at random intervals and is perceived different to each person who enters. I expressed that I had not had that impression from the first two entries or the summary given and understood the confusion.

When he brought this to my attention I pointed out the same thing you did, that Helel's entry had a similar pitfall. He agreed and said he still needed to work on his as well. I think this was a miscommunication issue.

I think my story would have been slightly different at the beginning if I had caught on to what I assume was supposed to be understood or suggested by the first two entries. (Because the two houses don't look the same to the two characters.)

Side Note: I changed my shower scene again to better flow with the idea that is intended with each step. Instead of giving in, he finds a way to fight free and escape. I simply had to cut down the numbers to make it believable.

I also did notice that in Dr. Bob's he had the Gatekeeper say that he'd been doing it for only fifty years. Not trying to shit on it here, just wanted to point out the continuity error

Oh yeah, didn't catch that the first read through. The house has supposedly ages old and the first entry only says it had been fifty years since anyone had been in that particular house. That being said, that would probably need changing as well if the house changes position. Just a thought.

To answer these, the house changes locations after the random, unspecified time. It has been in the US for the last 200 years, but no one has attempted to enter it for the last 50 years, untill Jacob came along.

The building and the Staircase, however, are about 5,500 years old, which would be established in my (currently still WiP) entry. This is just one of the reasons I asked you to hold your entries until I posted mine.

To maintain continuity, we definitely need a Writer's Bible of Gatekeeper and the Stairway of Chaos. It should list the pertinent "facts" clearly. This isn't trying to do guesswork from a story.

That's a good idea.

I think we should make the Writer's Bible a living document. Each time a new section is added, the author should do an addition for their segment.

I forgot this was a thing. 

I was going to write my MC and have him climb a step, fall down, and bash his head on the ground killing him before he even climbed the staircase. Than the gatekepper would be like "God damn it not again" 

Instead, I ended up writing a story about scientist forcing chained up girls to eat pie, which in turn transported them into hummingbirds.