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17 Nov 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Kathy is far too credible a source to question, but even if it were anybody else making this claim, hope alone would probably send half of them out to the pond behind the barn to investigate. She had been leaning into the sill of an open wi...
12 Nov 2024 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
At no point had there ever been any news crew sent out to report on Ben and Lois’s mysterious fate, either at Otherwise or in their hometown or anywhere in between. Common sense seemed to indicate that there probably was a newspaper writeup or two...
5 Nov 2024 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Even in the absence of bodies, funeral preparations begin immediately. Though Jeremy and to a lesser extent Emily assure the others that they certainly don’t need to throw everything down to travel an hour and attend, nearly all involved with Otherw...
29 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
It’s funny how your mind can wander even at a time like this. The thought strikes Jeremy as he stands outside this gift shop, staring at the side of the police car. Then again, it’s not as though you can shut these thoughts down, not withou...
23 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Emily’s hard at work on her mural throughout the tour. She doesn’t find the presence of others the least bit distracting – on the contrary, she enjoys the warmth they bring to this environment. And if nothing else, it’s another attraction for luri...
17 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Though the tours ramp up within a few hours of their return, and perhaps Kidwell might have been expecting something from him today, Jeremy crashes until well past noon. It doesn’t much matter, because nothing requiring his intervention happens, a...
14 Oct 2024 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
For Emily, the terror wrapped around this frantic dash from The Ruiner has nothing to do with the distance traveled. Rather, it’s the lack thereof. That and how it’s even possible to get this catastrophically turned around in such a short p...
8 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Kay stands in front of a communal bathroom mirror, staring at her reflection in this unforgiving light. She almost wishes Harry had gone a cheaper route with the lighting, but no, say this much about the guy at least, everything — except fo...
30 Sep 2024 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Emily had awakened with a start just prior to sundown. After spending most of her day painting the mural, in between telling Jeremy he was an idiot over the phone and in text, she returned here for what was supposed to be a quick nap. It was...
26 Sep 2024 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Jeremy never could quite bring himself to leave the road in favor of venturing, at random, through the massive forest. Even with the lake as his potential guide, and the ability to hug the shoreline as a means of maintaining direction, he n...
