Human Avatars

Tag: #psychologicalfiction

  • 📱 The Wrong Number

    📱 The Wrong Number

    A late-night conversation that slowly reveals not everyone online is who they claim to be The message arrived at 12:14 a.m. Evan had been half-asleep on the couch, the television humming quietly in the background, when his phone buzzed on the coffee table. He blinked at the screen. Unknown Number. He almost ignored it. But…

  • 🌒 The Quiet Between Footsteps

    A stranger wakes up inside a moment that refuses to explain itself “The room is unfamiliar. I don’t know how I got here.” The thought arrives before sound, before shape. It floats through my head like a note slipped under a locked door. I sit up slowly, testing gravity the way you test a bruise.…

  • 🌙 The Wake-Up That Wouldn’t Let Go

    When reality blinks first, the dream keeps watching I wake up to the sound of a train horn that doesn’t belong to my street. It echoes through the bedroom like a long, wounded animal, low and aching, vibrating the picture frames. My heart slams. I don’t live near tracks. I never have. I sit upright,…