Denise Amrikhas

While shooting a Halloween news story on horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, reporter Rebecca Marsh discovers that the "fiction" Lovecraft wrote is actually true and the creatures and cults described in his writings really exist.

This short deadpan narrative is a glimpse into the lives of two children and three adults maximizing dysfunction. Regular people keep secrets and act out intimate wants. Ultimately, this piece examines the awkwardness and specificity of human desire.

A fairy tale without a fairy. Or magic. Or happiness.