Changeling

Lit Up Halloween Spooks

Katherine Taylor
Nov 1 · 2 min read

Colleen stoked the fire in the oven.

She wanted it hot as the hell that creature had come from, hot as the one she’d return it to.

The child who was not her child lay a few feet away, watching her with its unwavering gaze.

She picked it up, waiting for it to wail again. But the monster had changed its tack. It looked up at her…

Thanks to DiAmaya Dawn

Katherine Taylor

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Autistic. Disability rights advocate. Film enthusiast and critic. Short story author.

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