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Tom was a man wise beyond his years, raised (however briefly) in a house of women; he knew when to let a lady cry.  The girl from the side apartment had been sobbing now for a good five minutes, and showed very little signs of stopping. He began to consider if he should do something. HeContinue reading “Day 3: Chapter 1 part 9”

When Xibal visited Sam for the last time in her childhood, Lucy was already born, and their mother had stopped visiting her husband in the hospital.  She had stopped after her husband, Richard, had lunged at her belly, teeth clacking together as her chomped and strained at the restraints buckled to his bed. The doctors wereContinue reading “Day 3: Chapter 1 part 8”

Tom returned from the other room with two bowls of steaming hot soup, spoons in tow. Sam was pretty sure she was on the verge of drunk, and had the hunger only alcohol on an empty stomach will induce. She took her bowl happily, without even a hint of worry over possible poisoning.  “Thank you.”Continue reading “Day 3: Chapter 1 part 7”

Sam’s mom had had enough. Sam was 12, far to old to need a nightlight, and security blanket, and a story before bedtime; at least that was what conventional wisdom and the literature that Sam’s mom had been gathering would lead her to believe. Sam slept with the door open, with the hallway light on,Continue reading “Day 2: Chapter 1 part 6”

Corner Apartment Man held out his hand, and Sam instinctually handed him the soup.  He in turn handed her a glass of water, and she was none to proud to chug it halfway down before he could stop her.             “Sip it. Let it settle. You look dehydrated. If you drink too fast….well, don’t drink too fast.Continue reading “Day 2: Chapter 1 Part 5”

Sam grew up slowly, the way lonely children with imaginary friends tend to do. She was tall for her age, and skinny as a twig, but being lithe didn’t matter one snip to her. She was sad without knowing why…her parents were divorced, which was normal, her big brother teased her endlessly, which was normal,Continue reading “Day 2: Chapter 1 part 4”

After three weeks inside, the water was nearly gone, and Sam was feeling the effects of a lower dosage of medication. She felt jumpy, and paranoid, although it doesn’t really count as paranoia if people really are out to get you. She wondered what her neighbors were doing…she hadn’t heard any screams in the nightContinue reading “Day 1: Chapter 1 Part 3”

After seeing that, Sam stayed home, inside, for two weeks. The water kept running, for the first few days, and she managed to fill the bathtub, every sink, all her water bottles, and the spare air mattress with water.  The toilet continued to flush for a few days after that, and afterward she simply usedContinue reading “Day 1: Chapter 1 part 2”

Sam met Xibal in a snowstorm when she was 5 years old. The wind was driven and wet with cold, and she lost her mothers hand. Xibal appeared in front of her, chubby pink hooves hovering an inch above the snow. He licked her face with a bright purple tongue and nudged her backward, stumblingContinue reading “Day 1: Chapter 1 Part 1”