Challenge: Things That Go Bump In The Night

After dusk, we become paranoid. Our brains, primed for hyperactive pattern seeking by millennia of evolution, can't help but tell us that that noise downstairs was an intruder, or maybe even something worse...

 

Tell a story about paranoia against a dim and dusky setting.

Posted in response to the challenge Brainstorm Ideas for YWP's 2025-26 Weekly Challenges.

wph

VT

17 years old

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