Oct. 3, 2023
Episode Nine - Don't Look
For this story, I took a cue from riding a roller coaster. I was so afraid when I was riding it that I kept my eyes shut during the entire ride. Afterward, I thought of how it felt to be afraid and shutting out the world. I started thinking, what if someone was so traumatized by an event that they never opened their eyes?
Live Like a Human Again Part Two
Lena opened her eyes. Her left lid drooped, and she could see through a squint. She searched her environment, which was both familiar and unfamiliar. It was a bedroom; it wasn’t hers, yet she knew who it belonged to. Lena tried to lift her bod…
Evil Eye
James could feel the shove of a rough hand on his back as he stumbled forward; gravel kicked up and sprinkled over his boots. There was laughter surrounding him, occasionally the chink of glass and the puff of smoke. He smelled steak and sweat on hi…