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6/30/2025, 6:45:31 AM
>>40629991 >>40629970
Would also
> be me again
> a few months have passed
> life's been… calm
> no more crying at night
> no whispering in the woods
> grandma seems at peace for the first time in years
> even stopped keeping the spike above the door
> feels like whatever haunted Devil’s Gut finally let go
> I almost feel safe
> almost
> one night I’m cleaning out my room
> decide to finally put the railroad spike away
> feels like a relic now
> wrap it in a rag and stick it in a shoebox in the closet
> next morning, I wake up and feel… wrong
> like I never actually slept
> bed is damp
> not with sweat—like actual wet dirt
> sheets have leaves in them again
> but these aren’t fall leaves
> they’re black
> brittle
> curl inward like they’re hiding from something
> go outside to get air
> there’s a *hole* in the backyard
> wasn’t there before
> perfect circle
> maybe four feet across, no bottom in sight
> smells like the inside of the cave from before
> cold iron and something rotting
> grandma comes out, sees it
> face goes pale
> she just says, "you *put it away", didn’t you?”
> I nod
> she walks back inside without a word
> starts packing bags
> tells me we’re leaving
> now
> no arguing
> whole house feels heavier
> lights flicker even though it’s daytime
> walls creak like they’re breathing
> as we pack, I hear the crying again
> but now it’s deeper
> lower pitched
> like something pretending to be a baby
> it laughs between cries
> we drive for hours
> end up at some old church in Mississippi
> middle of nowhere, even worse than our hometown
> she knows the priest
> they talk in hushed voices for like 30 minutes
> he keeps looking at me
> like he’s not sure I’m fully human idk
> finally tells me to sleep in the chapel, under the cross
> “if it comes, you’ll be safe here”
> grandma sleeps in the car
> I lie down on a cot in front of the altar
> doze off eventually
6/?
Would also
> be me again
> a few months have passed
> life's been… calm
> no more crying at night
> no whispering in the woods
> grandma seems at peace for the first time in years
> even stopped keeping the spike above the door
> feels like whatever haunted Devil’s Gut finally let go
> I almost feel safe
> almost
> one night I’m cleaning out my room
> decide to finally put the railroad spike away
> feels like a relic now
> wrap it in a rag and stick it in a shoebox in the closet
> next morning, I wake up and feel… wrong
> like I never actually slept
> bed is damp
> not with sweat—like actual wet dirt
> sheets have leaves in them again
> but these aren’t fall leaves
> they’re black
> brittle
> curl inward like they’re hiding from something
> go outside to get air
> there’s a *hole* in the backyard
> wasn’t there before
> perfect circle
> maybe four feet across, no bottom in sight
> smells like the inside of the cave from before
> cold iron and something rotting
> grandma comes out, sees it
> face goes pale
> she just says, "you *put it away", didn’t you?”
> I nod
> she walks back inside without a word
> starts packing bags
> tells me we’re leaving
> now
> no arguing
> whole house feels heavier
> lights flicker even though it’s daytime
> walls creak like they’re breathing
> as we pack, I hear the crying again
> but now it’s deeper
> lower pitched
> like something pretending to be a baby
> it laughs between cries
> we drive for hours
> end up at some old church in Mississippi
> middle of nowhere, even worse than our hometown
> she knows the priest
> they talk in hushed voices for like 30 minutes
> he keeps looking at me
> like he’s not sure I’m fully human idk
> finally tells me to sleep in the chapel, under the cross
> “if it comes, you’ll be safe here”
> grandma sleeps in the car
> I lie down on a cot in front of the altar
> doze off eventually
6/?
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