But then you notice the carpet. The shag carpet. You don’t own shag carpet. Your floors are hardwood.
You almost delete it. Spam, probably. A typo. But your thumb hovers. ATK —that old internet relic, a tag from the brutalist era of the early web. Scary Hairy —a phrase that feels like a nursery rhyme whispered by a ventriloquist dummy. atk scary hairy
“You looked. Now I’m in.” You try to scream, but your mouth is full of hair. Long strands winding around your tongue, down your throat, curling into the hollows of your lungs. You gag. Tears hot on your cheeks. But then you notice the carpet
You see yourself. And behind you, in the reflection, a shape. Low to the ground. Hair spilling over the floorboards. down your throat