“Mouse House” by Shelby Switzer
Today is surgery day. Yesenia wakes up two minutes before her alarm goes off. Bailey is still sleeping, curled into a fetal position. Her…
Read MoreToday is surgery day. Yesenia wakes up two minutes before her alarm goes off. Bailey is still sleeping, curled into a fetal position. Her…
Read MoreCurses linger, so Kalki moves. Movement traces the long edges of her memory, a personal rain cloud hovering over her, reminding her that it…
Read MoreJackson enjoys a good ghost story as much as anyone else, he explains to Devon after they look at the house. He’s just not…
Read MoreThere’s only one print of the film in existence, the filmmaker went on to say, a single 35mm print.
Read More“When can I see you?” I said. “I’m free tomorrow and Saturday night and Sunday day.” My schedule was vast and empty.
Read MoreThe AI is the opponent you can never see, said Glenn who was not Glenn, and I really understood what he meant about that.
Read MoreDo you prefer things to be Interesting or Good?
Do you prefer to sleep: a. Alone? b. With a partner but not touching? c. Cuddling?
Here I was, this beaten woman trying to make sense of my life against the sense of the house. Did I run out of it? One or two times? Did I call 911 asking for pizza delivery hoping the operator was trained in this as the code? No I never did that.
Read MoreShe drifts around the house with her ghost baby, singing lullabies and rocking the baby like it’s a basket of eggs.
Read MoreBad things would still happen, she was sure—after all, people were hurt or worse on more planets than her own—but when they did, it wouldn’t be because of her. It wouldn’t be because of Chance.
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