The Whisper Man

by Alex North

I realized that was just what happens. The butterflies didn’t have a choice, after all. That’s what things do. Even in the toughest of circumstances, they keep living.

Once you let guilt get ahold of you, the bastard never let go.

“If you leave a door half open, soon you’ll hear the whispers spoken.” “And the rest.” Jake closed his eyes. “If you play outside alone, soon you won’t be going home.”

“If you’re lonely, sad, and blue, the Whisper Man will come for you.”

When I was younger, I used to tell my mother that someone came into my room at night and hugged me. Mister Night. That’s what I called him.”

How long does it take, and how much does a person have to change, before the person you hated is gone, replaced by someone new?