Tía Lorena picks up on the third ring. “Nora, what’s the matter? Did you have another fight with Nathan?” Nora climbs down the withered deck to the beach. She steers clear of the burnt offerings, a small pile of charred fish bones and melted candle wax…

Home is supposed to be safe. Home is where most people can let their guard down and relax. But I lived in a haunted house. Not only was my body changing, but so was the world around me in a place I thought I could call home.

This story is a work of creative nonfiction.

You wonder about the shadow in the corner of your eye. It’s been following you now since you left his place half an hour ago. You first saw it when you walked through the front gate of his apartment…

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