May 18, 2024

He’d been watching the student living under him for almost a week. He hadn’t thought they’d last, at first. Not with him rustling around in the middle of the night, with his bad habit of leaving the shed door unlocked and his tool uncleaned. The house had a reputation for being haunted, and though he […]

May 18, 2024

He’d found the house through an ad on a telephone, nearly covered in old staples and “Lost Dog” posters. “For Rent,” it said, “1 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom, Office,” and then it listed a shockingly low number. Low enough that Ani, with his grad student salary and shoestring budget, called the number on the poster immediately, […]