For koji and Emi my bookends AY To Federica for supporting me FF
TABLE OF CONTENTS chapter ONE THE SPIDER 4 chapter TWO THE OLD LADY 14 chapter THREE NO LONGER A TOY 26 chapter FOUR NO MORE BAD DREAMS 38
4 chapter ONE THE SPIDER It's as if something took all the LIGHT from Timah Road Tonight a bank of clouds wraps the moon in a thick bubble The shadows ahead flicker and my stomach quivers
