Her tiny fingers, entwined in mine. Soft. Delicate.

Her nod, a whisper, “It’s time.”

A click as the switch is turned off. Then…?

Darkness. No light, no tunnel, no welcome home.

Terror envelops me; tears begin to fall.

Just a fading whisper: “They never would have believed you, anyway, Mommy.”

Anita Reynolds is a writer and artist, wife and mom in the rural reaches of Tennessee. Her work is inspired by the strangeness of life, from the mundane to the magical.