Window
Published by Rev. L. under on 5:04 PM
I can't leave the house anymore. Don't even like walking near the door. When I go to the fridge to get ice for a drink, I make myself lean over to reach the freezer. Anything to keep a little further from the blinds on the back door.
I haven't seen signs of him for three days now. That's how long it's been since I last looked outside. I don't know what to make of that. I'm starting to suspect he's not there if I'm not looking for him, like he only exists because I think about him.
Too bad I can't stop.
Even still, I can't stay in here forever. I'm running out of food. If I miss much more work I'll be fired. Tomorrow I'll have to go out and the thought terrifies me in a way that nothing in my life ever has before.
Knowing I have to go out is tormenting me. I feel an overwhelming need to look out the window.
As fast as I can, I roll the blinds open and snap a picture then roll them back closed. Only then do I open my eyes and look at the screen on my phone.
Oh.
Oh, god.
I haven't seen signs of him for three days now. That's how long it's been since I last looked outside. I don't know what to make of that. I'm starting to suspect he's not there if I'm not looking for him, like he only exists because I think about him.
Too bad I can't stop.
Even still, I can't stay in here forever. I'm running out of food. If I miss much more work I'll be fired. Tomorrow I'll have to go out and the thought terrifies me in a way that nothing in my life ever has before.
Knowing I have to go out is tormenting me. I feel an overwhelming need to look out the window.
The porch light is on and I'm pretty certain there's nothing out there. The blinds are closed as I force myself slowly towards them. My phone in my hand, I switch it to camera mode and point it at the blinds. I hold it up, and squeeze my eyes shut. If there's anything there I don't want to see it in person.
As fast as I can, I roll the blinds open and snap a picture then roll them back closed. Only then do I open my eyes and look at the screen on my phone.
Oh.
Oh, god.
3 comments:
omg! i was reading and saw "oh" and then saw the top of a pic.
chills rolled all throughout my body.
as soon as i scrolled down i jumped.
D:
Is that the Krakken?
You know, I should be terrified out of my mind, and I'm sure, in my subconscious, I am. But I'm not exactly feeling chills...
It has inspired me to write a series of short stories about these Paranomal Creatures...
I hate to point it out to anyone else who might look at this and raise an eyebrow, but as a professional photoshop artist irl, I can pick that baby out of a batch anywhere. It's a picture of blinds with an octopuss masked in the open spots behind it, the blinds make it a fairly simple masking job
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