I drape a blanket over my head, instantly transforming into all of the TV monsters that I love: the vengeful creatures, fathomless and mercurial. When I take the blanket away, I revert back to the monster that I have become. My parents don’t know this yet, but they will. Soon.

John Harrison studied cultural anthropology to PhD level at Oxford University. New to writing, he has had a number of poems and stories published in magazines and books, including Hollow Point Books, Anaphora, the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Bristol Noir, Step Away, Villain Era, Beyond Words, CC&D, Half and One, Flash Phantoms and Samizdat.