Outsiders

[asakiyume]

“Put the blinds down,” Mom called from the other room. “It’s getting dark. We don’t want what’s outside looking in.” It was only 4:30, but it was so dark on the other side of the window that the window was almost a mirror--I could see the living room rug floating out there, and behind it the kitchen lights and cupboards. But in between those reflections I could see the bare branches of the trees, and between those, already one outsider face peering back at me. Just the eyes, and the hint of a body. I let the blinds down with a thump.



The whole story (...but we're only talking 800-some words) is up at Everyday Weirdness (now in the archives, but I've edited the link).

Comments

[mmuenzler.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, that was a good one!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading! And glad you liked it :-)

[faerie-writer.livejournal.com]

What a perfectly chilling little winter tale! *hearts*

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading, Maggie :-)

[suzan-s.livejournal.com]

Awesome photo! I can't see the "Just the eyes and a hint of a body" but I tried!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

In the photo only a face shows, actually--it's right in the center of the photo, underneath the flash of white on the right.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

Loved it!

Also, I used to live on 116th street, and I always had a very weird feeling about that number... fyi.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Freaky! .... there is definitely something about that number...

[ericmarin.livejournal.com]

Nifty story! :-)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks Eric, thanks for reading!

[core-opsis.livejournal.com]

Sounds intriguing...I'll check it out. GREAT spooky photo.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

We had real fun taking the photo--it took three or four tries to get it right :D

[sovay]

The whole story (...but we're only talking 800-some words) is up at Everyday Weirdness today.

I like that one very much.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm very glad--thank you.

[wakanomori.livejournal.com]

Perfect, just ohsome! (fills me with oh!)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

♥

Thanks for reading

[mercwriter.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I liked it. :D (Love EDW as well.)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you liked it--and yes, I really like Everyday Weirdness. Lots of good variety there :-)

[seajules]

Fantastic photo! And I adore the last line of the story, especially. I used to do that as a child, run in the dark with my arms outstretched, to see what would catch hold (now I reach my hands into the tide ;-).

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

We had fun taking that photo--as I said to core_opsis up above, it took several tries.

And oh, I well believe you ran like that as a kid--and now, thinking of you with your hands open to the sea, I can almost feel the water running through my own fingers.... mmmmm....

[pjthompson]

That's wonderful. I love it. You've caught that sense, that experience just so.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you--thank you! I'm glad I was able to capture the feeling.

[tooticky.livejournal.com]

Both the image and the story contrast the warmth of home and the chill of outside deliciously. Well done!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thank you tooticky! I think about the boundaries and separation between inside and outside a lot--they are such different worlds.

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

Just finally finished reading the story. Delightful! And an excellent photo to accompany it! I love the description of 116, and the bit about Megan bringing the inside out with her when she walks her dog. Awesome.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading it! (Always so happy when people do...) And really, really glad you liked it.