The closet was dark and musty. He wished he could spend his time in the parents’ walk-in closets, instead.

The kid started snoring. The sooner he scared him, the sooner he’d get paid. Then he could worry about paying rent.

Too bad his place was no larger than a closet.

Nathan Hystad will be published in an upcoming Anthology called Malevolence: Tales from Beyond the Veil, coming soon from Tickety Boo Press.