all_the_ways_i_am
belly fire
As
I
stepped
out
of
the
room
and
turned
off
the
light
the
strangest
thing
happened
:
Just
as
the
dim
light
poured
in
from
the
room
behind
me
I
caught
a
glimpse
of
my
featureless
silhouette
in
the
mirror
.
I
froze
.
I
stared
at
the
Me
with
no
eyes
,
no
mouth
,
no
face
.
I
stared
harder
.
Like
looking
into
a
well
.
That
feeling
again
...that pumps
my
legs
up
the
stairs
faster
late
at
night
...that pulls
my
toes
away
from
the
edges
of
my
bed
...that
senses
invisible
things
cutting
the
air
.
Fear
is
like
falling
.
Suddenly
I
had
to
tear
myself
out
of
the
room
and
distance
myself
from
the
black
and
featureless
Me
reflection
.
Some
people
might
dream
about
all
they
ways
they
are
,
in
the
places
that
are
here
but
unseen
.
Not
me
-
I
know
there
are
things
waiting
in
the
dark
.
I
have
GOT
to
stop
reading
Koontz novels.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from