The House in the Pines

by Ana Reyes

The mess had never bothered her, but now the room felt disturbingly like the inside of her head.

doesn’t have kids but babies the hell out of her plants, many of whom she has named.

but because she’s okay and intoxicated off danger.

apophenia—the false belief that unrelated things are somehow connected. The delusion behind many a conspiracy theory, he’d explained. If you look closely enough at anything, patterns will emerge.

dog’s therapy human.