We Used to Live Here

by Marcus Kliewer

“Inside the house?”

immediately no

Eve bent down to see. An odd symbol had been carved there. A circle, divided by intersecting lines of varying lengths, all meeting in the middle. It looked cryptic, like some kind of ancient glyph.

immediately no. burn it. burn it all.

The dog froze, eyes locked on empty space.

immediately no

She pulled out her phone and… the screen was cracked. A jagged line that started in the bottom right corner and veered up to the left.

the ghost and I would have to box

Suddenly, as if in reaction to Eve’s realization, the figure rose up to standing.

Anyway I started blasting

Eve took a deep breath and let it out. Despite herself, she relented.

dummy

Back upstairs, she checked every nook and cranny, the dressers, beneath the bed, even under the mattress. Nada. She stomped downstairs. In the living room, she searched around the coffee table, under the couch, between the cushions, but still, nothing.

you in danger girl