“You were never supposed to remember me”
She was the last to leave the classroom… at least she thought she was… when the door slammed shut behind her. Lights click off, darkness swallowed the room, her scream cuts through silence. She pounded…
Chalk Room
The day the moving truck coughed into the cul‑de‑sac, the old house woke like a dog hearing keys. Pipes clanked, the stair rubbed its aching knee, the front door pulled a draft across the hall…
Linguistic Sacrifice
This story contains themes or mentions of suicide or self harm. Linguistic Sacrifice Sebastian hated summer. Students were noticeably absent, the halls devoid of any true joy. The Veil was cast only during…
Curtain Call
The silhouettes of the old magician and his longtime assistant dance as the dim light flickers on the stage. The show was over, the curtain was called, but they stayed on stage with one light…
The Footnote
The Footnote I. The Professor, the Student, and the Dead Woman By the time the college porter found me sleeping in my office, the bust of one of my predecessors was wearing my scarf…