You Were Never Really Here

My friend and I had the same dream about a childhood fun land that never existed. We found it, and now we can’t find the exit.

Welcome to the game. The only rule you know for sure is that you must smile.

Our local grocery store started selling products that don’t exist.

My mother is performing a puppet show for my sister and me in the basement. When the show ends, she’s told us, we all die.

My dad has a second face. It’s the one that works for monsters.

I woke up in my apartment to find a note on the wall. It said, “This is not your home.”

In these tales and others, Gerden Ibrahim crafts tales of psychological dread and reality-bending terror that will linger long after the last page.