by sof sears, natalie waite, & shirley jackson




iwasthereonceiwasrealonceiknowit






natalie, that night in the woods. half-drunk in her backyard. her father’s cocktail party. a colleague of his. escorting her away from the noise. somewhere else—




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it’s a gap. it’s an abscess. it’s an abscence. it’s (redacted). it’s it’s it’s

you can guess what happens to teenage girls in dark woods. it’s nothing new.