My parents had argued for most of the five-hour car ride, and were silent for the rest. I tried to get them to talk by asking questions about my grandmother, who I had never met, but was staying with for most of the summer. Both of my parents had no […]
Author: Emily Holleran
My Neighbor is a Hitman
ldquo;I saw Joseph come home last night covered in blood,” I said. My father looked at me over the rim of his coffee mug and gave me his most indifferent stare. “Didn’t know you were on a first-name basis with Mr. Lin,” he replied unenthusiastically. It was a Saturday morning, […]
I Slept Through the Apocalypse
It’s been 831 days since I woke up, but no one else did. The worst Monday morning imaginable. Of course, that’s an exaggeration, about the fact that nobody else on the entire planet woke up. It took others longer to die, and not everyone was asleep around the world at […]
The Haunting of Hill House: A Horrifyingly Real Depiction of Family
It’s that time of the year again, for dusting away real spider webs to replace them with stretched cotton and turning on Netflix to watch another horror series about a haunted house. What makes The Haunting of Hill House, created by Mike Flanagan, different than most horror series, is that it […]