Caught Dead in Philadelphia (2011)
“Rational or not, I was afraid to move and call for help, as if only my body weight kept my house safe.
Who was he?
I strained to hear a move outside, footsteps, anything. What was he doing?
But all I could hear was my own pulse, beating heavily in my eardrums.
What was he waiting for?
You imagined it, I told myself. You’ve been under a strain. I listened again. What did he want?
The room pulsed, as if the whole house were having an anxiety attack along with me, breathing irregularly, hearing gr...adations in the silence.
I pried myself off the door and went toward the phone. The back of my little house seemed to recede, like the horizon in a nightmare, the phone shimmering farther and farther back.
En route, I passed the radio on the kitchen counter. Always leave the radio on, so your house will sound inhabited, I heard from some brain-scrapbook of helpful hints. One or two synapses over, a corollary message flashed— “Do it when you leave the house, dummy,” but I wasn’t in the mood to quibble.MoreLess
Who was he?
I strained to hear a move outside, footsteps, anything. What was he doing?
But all I could hear was my own pulse, beating heavily in my eardrums.
What was he waiting for?
You imagined it, I told myself. You’ve been under a strain. I listened again. What did he want?
The room pulsed, as if the whole house were having an anxiety attack along with me, breathing irregularly, hearing gr...adations in the silence.
I pried myself off the door and went toward the phone. The back of my little house seemed to recede, like the horizon in a nightmare, the phone shimmering farther and farther back.
En route, I passed the radio on the kitchen counter. Always leave the radio on, so your house will sound inhabited, I heard from some brain-scrapbook of helpful hints. One or two synapses over, a corollary message flashed— “Do it when you leave the house, dummy,” but I wasn’t in the mood to quibble.MoreLess
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