SQ Mag 27 by Sophie Yorkston

Author:Sophie Yorkston [Yorkston, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Speculative Fiction
Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia
Published: 2016-06-30T14:00:00+00:00

Light washed in from the hallway as the half-door opened, and motes of dust danced above the fallen box fan. She crouched back into the shadows as the male crawled inside the attic, a bristled stick in one hand. She sneered as he called out in sing-songy human sounds unlike anything in the forest. Blood dribbled through her lips.

The man froze, head cocked, like a deer spooked by a rustle in the autumn leaves. He turned toward the door as a gobbet of blood fell from her chin to patter on the floor. He whipped his head toward her and crept forward, knees pounding on the naked plywood.

Desperate to hide, she touched the beam next to her and melded into it. The house absorbed her, silencing her shriek before it left her dry, chemically-impregnated lungs. She struggled and cried out in silence, but it wouldn’t let her go, so she wept.

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