basement
In the empty basement of the house, you have to switch off the lights in the correct order on the way out, otherwise very troubling ghosts with come out in the darkness before you can reach the stairs.
basement
feet wrapped in rags
...the children come out from the alcoves and holes, ragged scavenger ghosts huddled together and shuffling along the dusty floor, their hollow eyes sweeping back and forth, mouths gaping . . . they are in thrall to an old woman, an older ghost, who herds them like cattle and feeds off of their misery... I stand on the rickety wooden… Continue reading feet wrapped in rags
cat below
Working late, I hear one of the cats crying below in the basement. It is a faint, plaintive sound. I set aside the story I’ve been working on and get up with a sigh. Our two cats have been a considerable amount of trouble lately — skittish, fighting with each other late at night, becoming more and more territorial. Or,… Continue reading cat below