StoryVerse〔04z〕

Nodding Out

You find the film online and pay 39.99 dollars to buy it since there’s no rental option. In completing the purchase, you have to click a bunch of waivers. It all looks like gibberish, that language you’ve forgotten.

You hit the triangle button to start it. There’s Hugh, staring back at you as if he’s in the same room, breaking the third wall.

His head moves up and down, first slowly, then accelerating. You mimic the movements as if in a trance. Both of you move faster and faster until eventually your heads just pop right off.

You are dead.

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Dr. Kathleen Waller writes The Matterhorn, a combination of serialized fiction and essays as well as a podcast about the arts and literature.

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