1

I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy check for monsters under my bed.” 

I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, 

“Daddy there’s somebody on my bed.”

2

I woke up to hear knocking on glass. 

At first, I though it was the window until I heard it come from the mirror again.

3

She wondered why she was casting two shadows. 

After all, there was only a single lightbulb.

4

The grinning face stared at me from the darkness beyond my bedroom window. 

I live on the 14th floor.

5

You get home, tired after a long day’s work and ready for a relaxing night alone. 

You reach for the light switch, 

but another hand is already there.

6

You hear your mom calling you into the kitchen. 

As you are heading down the stairs you hear a whisper from the closet saying, 

“Don’t go down there honey, I heard it too.”

7

“I can’t sleep” she whispered, crawling into bed with me. 

I woke up cold, clutching the dress she was buried in.

8

I always thought my cat had a staring problem, she always seemed fixated on my face. 

Until one day, when I realized...

 that she was always looking just behind me.