A set of screams had been heard days ago. A police officer went to check the Millers’ house to see if everything was all right.

“Regan,” he said. “Honey, where are your parents?”

“I tried to tell them my doll was bad,” she said. “But she got to them first.

Kelsey D. Garmendia, 23, graduated with a Bachelors Degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Garmendia is featured in Midnight Screaming, Poydras Review, My Unfinished Novel, The Stonesthrow Review, Penduline Press and Embodied Effigies. She has two self-published novels titled Burn Our Houses Down and If I Lose.