Brillaint take on the folktale boundary concept here. The moment when Beth's mom grabs her from behind is genuinely disturbing cause it flips the whole safe-space idea on its head. I once got lost as akid in a neighborhood that felt familar but wrong, and the dissonance you captured really brings that back. The bruised wrist detail at the end tying everything together is chefs kiss.
Brillaint take on the folktale boundary concept here. The moment when Beth's mom grabs her from behind is genuinely disturbing cause it flips the whole safe-space idea on its head. I once got lost as akid in a neighborhood that felt familar but wrong, and the dissonance you captured really brings that back. The bruised wrist detail at the end tying everything together is chefs kiss.
Thanks. I enjoyed writing this one because it brought me back to riding around my neighborhood. We had a dead end that always felt very ominous.
Great story - moves along at a rapid clip. Great concept too - Dark City meets Dawn of the Dead.