Layers – Page 2 – The Hidden Shelf

Layers Chapter 2

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Heather Graham — No Comments ↓

I wake to grey light filtering through the blinds in my room. It’s utterly quiet outside. My head is pounding and my throat is completely dry. I feel like I haven’t had water in days. I work my mouth a few times, croaking and trying to make spit happen. It makes me cough and I roll over to my side and pull myself up to kneel. My head aches from the movement. I close my eyes against the pain at my temples. When I open them, I see it.

I’m back. To me. To old me. I close my eyes again and almost feel like crying. …

Layers Chapter 1

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Heather Graham — No Comments ↓

It was a box. Or possibly a crate – wooden sides with a bit of plastic on the side containing what I’d think was a packing slip. No visible marks otherwise. No ‘fragile’ (which my mind nearly always reads mentally as fra-jill-ay) or other stamped text. Just a decent sized box (crate?) sitting on the second step of the little concrete steps leading to my front door. I stare for a bit and then push it slightly with my foot. Slightly heavy but not bad. I haven’t ordered anything lately so what was the deal?…