Aurora Magazine 2018

she considered her room to have been.

The next night proved quiet and nothing of the para- normal sort manifested over the rest of the weekend, which was a huge relief, until Steph saw the state of Karen’s room. She had to bring horses in on that Sunday and when she made it back to the parking lot behind the dorms, she found that Karen had just made it back, and they walked inside together, as Steph explained everything that happened two nights prior in Karen’s absence. The explanation was cut short the minute Karen unlocked the door to her room and swung it open, revealing a rather peculiar happenstance. It took them both a minute to process the sight before their eyes. All of the desk and dresser drawers were completely open, pulled out as far as they could go, without leaving the frame. Karen’s desk chair was also turned completely around and moved in such a way that it was five feet away from where she left it and faced the center of the room. Stephanie reluc- tantly followed Karen into the room, as Karen dropped her laundry bag and silently surveyed the scene. “Why...? How..? What the actual fuck,” Karen started. She pulled out her phone to take pictures, maybe for proof that this actually happened and wasn’t a dream, or maybe to give her hands something to do to keep her from trembling in shock. Steph watched her put everything back in order, before saying what was on her mind. “Shit, dude. I knew I heard spooky sounds coming from your room when you were gone, but this…Dude. Bro.” When Steph was but a child, there was this big. old, black, shaggy dog that she would see around the property, where she lived. She would also see him in town, as well. She M U Ñ O Z

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