“I’m home!” The next morning, Cleo walked into her apartment after a surprisingly good night with her mother. She closed the door behind herself, locking it both at the deadbolt and chain. Then she turned to see Edie coming toward her. They took her in a tight hug that seemed more for their benefit than […]

When Cleo got to her mother’s house the next afternoon, everything in her screamed that she needed to leave New Winslow now. She knew it wasn’t some kind of psychic intention or spiritual anything. It was the fight she’d had with Liv, Edie’s close call, the clear knowledge of her own chances of getting stuck […]

“Have you ever noticed that whenever you hide, you try to pretend you’re actually doing inventory?” Noah’s voice interrupted Olivia’s spiraling thoughts as she sat on the floor between the furniture pallets with her clipboard limply in her hand. “Hey,” she said dully. “Hey.” Of course it would be Noah that found her like this. […]

Just like Andrew and Noah had instructed, Cleo had spent as little time in New Winslow as possible over the past few days. But she really wanted to talk to Liv about it. Maybe it was yet another justification for spending extra time in town, even if she truly didn’t want to be here. But […]

Olivia’s hands were completely covered in dough. So of course that was when her phone was going to ring. “Shit,” she muttered, despite the fact that Mia’s all-too-keen ears were only on the other side of the counter at the Limerick. She wiped her hands as well as she could on a towel, then fished […]

Iris had said it was strange out here, but Andrew hadn’t realized exactly how strange it was. He’d wanted to see the space for himself, but the idea of going into the woods of New Winslow was entirely unappealing, even if it was to get a bit more context about the curse’s origin. However, here […]

The movie was horrible. Watching with Noah was nice, though. After his initial skepticism and a few half-hearted attempts to start working again, he’d settled in to watch it with her. It was a stupid, gory mess with one revolting jump scare that sent them both scrambling on the couch. “Haven’t you watched this before?” […]

Tara ended up being a little later than she’d anticipated. By the time she came flying in the door with profuse, unnecessary, apologies, Cleo’s mother was already in her pajamas with a movie on. Cleo considered going straight home, but the temptation of Liv’s cookies and the idea of seeing her friends for a few […]

Cleo knew that an emotionally mature and healthy person would have the discussion now, rather than wait for things to blow up. But at the same time, what good was it going to do? Edie knew that Cleo had repeatedly stressed the dangers of New Winslow, even if she’d been risking it for herself for […]

Noah had planned to go for a run after work, but it was pouring rain as he drove back into New Winslow. He’d been delivering pizzas all afternoon and his back was sore from all this time in the car. But it was like every time he got back to the House of Pizza, an […]