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The shower curtain was already moving before she reached the bathroom door. Not swaying gently, not drifting from a draft, but pulling inward toward the bathtub as if someone standing inside had brushed against it with a shoulder. The rest of the apartment was silent. The bedroom window was closed. The air conditioner had switched off nearly twenty minutes earlier. She stopped in the hallway and waited. The curtain settled. … Read more

The first thing she noticed was that the radio used her grandfather's nickname. Nobody outside the family had called him that in more than twenty years. The old wooden tabletop radio had not worked since it was moved into the attic after his funeral. It wasn't even plugged into the wall. Still, just after midnight, a faint burst of static drifted down through the ceiling, followed by a calm elderly … Read more

The woman standing at the far end of the second row had no face. Nobody noticed her during the gathering. The family had spent the afternoon comforting one another after the funeral, sharing food in the backyard and taking the traditional group picture before everyone drove home. Children smiled despite swollen eyes. An uncle held the family dog. Grandparents sat in folding chairs beneath an old oak tree. It wasn't … Read more

The reflection blinked half a second before she did. She had been staying in the same business hotel for three nights. Nothing unusual had happened. The room looked like every other hotel room she had ever rented: beige walls, a neatly made bed, blackout curtains, a television mounted across from the mattress, and a full-length mirror beside the closet. She was brushing her teeth when she noticed movement behind her. … Read more