it’s halloween. aka your favourite day of all time. you adore halloween, the costumes, the decorations, the parties. it’s the best. this year, one of your best friends, who works at pilgrim world, got you a free pass to their yearly halloween event. of course you graciously accepted.

you got into your costume and drove to the event, your friend has to work, so you went to the haunted house alone. as you were walking through it you heard screams, assuming it was just people being scared of the attraction, you walked further into the haunted house. you saw people running out while screaming and got excited for what was to come. as you walk towards the actual exit you see a very lifelike zombie eating a corpse’s brains. you roll your eyes, thinking it’s a dumb costume.

the zombie looks at you and slowly stands up, he starts walking towards you.

“you wanna eat my brain?” you scoff, thinking you’re teasing a terrible actor. the zombie nods his head and stumbles towards you. his stench fills your nostrils, metallic and muddy is how you would describe it, you start to wonder if that blood around his mouth is fake. you hear sirens outside and freeze as you realise that there is, in fact, a zombie in front of you. he grunts and looks up at you.

it’s almost as if the zombie recognises you. he almost lies on top of you against the wall and hides his face in your neck. the remains of his hair, usually soft but now greasy and dirty black curls, remind you of your favourite person. your first boyfriend who disappeared years ago, but you still find yourself thinking of. isaac night. a genius boy with a clockwork heart.