I'm writing something really fucking scary and find myself having to think through a particular hinge in the experience, and sometimes I close my eyes while I'm writing to concentrate if I'm stuck on a particular idea. I don't know why but it helps me piece things together

When I opened my eyes again there was a hulking shape literally right outside my window, outlined around the reflection of my face staring back at me, its pinprick, glowing eyes lined up exactly with my own

When I tell you I SCREAMED

It was a fucking night heron perched on my AC unit

Lmfao I almost had a heart attack because of a bird the size of a football