Homesick

Written By: Nic Chatree Sridej

Narrated By: Courtney Perdue

After his grandma's death, an estranged grandson returns home to help pack up her apartment. The only problem? She's not ready to leave yet…

Collection Three: “Monster Mash”: Stories about Creatures, Chaos & the Supernatural

Episode #: Four

Release Date: Tuesday, November 19th

Est. Runtime: » 24 Min

Standout Lines:

"Her eyes. The longer I looked, the more vibrant they seemed to be. Like they were looking right back at me. One of those portraits that watch you, no matter where you are in the room. Her Mona Lisa smile, at first innocent and serene, seemed to curl into something more subtly sinister. Her eyes, they seared into me. Like she knew I didn’t want to come back."

"I reached into the wild thicket, trying to rely on muscle memory to feel my way to the aged clay, but something sharp and jagged sliced the back of my hand, and I recoiled. 
“You alright?” Olivia asked, surprised by how much I was bleeding.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” I lied, the scratch already beginning to throb. “I don’t remember there being thorn bushes buried back there.”
Olivia looked at me funny. “There aren’t.”"

"As the only witness to that part of her life, maybe he feared that his mother had grown to resent him, to associate him with that curdled moment in time. I wondered if something similar had happened when I decided to leave home. Had I abandoned him -- our family -- all over again?"

From the Author:

Coming Soon…

— Nic

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The Creatives:

Nic Chatree Sridej Courtney Perdue

@ncsridej @courtperdue