i have slept for so many years silent in this place undisturbed by the mall-walkers the bored employees wheeling displays in-and-out, in-and-out of their little shops the players at the plastic game store tables telling stories filled with wonder and terror i have slept, their movements light against my perception white noise, radio static, a whisper under fluorescent lights a faint brush against faded floors and neglected walls their presence a soft blanket the faint scent o

Chapter 5: The mall had closed three years earlier. Seth went because his wife used to love it, not the shops particularly, she liked the food court, the fountain, the strange little stores that sold trinkets and oddities. She liked people watching so much she could spend hours sitting on a bench, inventing lives for strangers. He hated waiting for her. The entrance was boarded up, but a service door at the side of the building had been left unsecured. He slipped inside. The

Dear Dreadful Diary, Today I went on a shopping spree!! Edward and I have a fun date night planned soon and so I decided to spruce up my wardrobe a bit. I went back to that same mall we met at, isn’t that romantic? I hit up all of the hip stores I saw lots of young people at when I first arrived! I will say the mall was quite dead today. There was almost nobody else around, just the workers and me. Although it did make my trip feel a bit special, almost like it was my own pri