Night is When The Demons Come Out

How to slay them, or at least keep them well-fed

Nikki Kay
Invisible Illness
Published in
7 min readSep 6, 2021
Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

I sink into the sofa. In my hand, the remote is aimed at the television. Finally, a few minutes of peace before I fall over from exhaustion.

“What do you want to watch?” asks my husband.

I hold up a finger. “Shh!”

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Nikki Kay
Invisible Illness

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