Scary Things

Blink

In my old bedroom, in the corner next to the bathroom door, sometimes I would see a shadow at night if I blinked my eyes quick enough. I made it a game, but as time went on I could see the dark shape without moving an eyelid, and I realized that every night it got a little bit closer. We moved out of that house a month later, and it was a good thing we did because the night before we left that thing was standing at the foot of my bed.