Issue One

What Scares You?

October 2024

Moving In Day

River West

Image - John Sillman (unsplash)

Outshone all evening by the brand-new lamps, at bedtime it glares in through the uncurtained windows. The baby’s outflung arm lies in a pool of it. The parents stir, the baby cries and turns over. The moonlight has had the house all to itself for months, and wants it back.

About the author

River West is a wandering writer and parent who calls Scotland home. She can be found online at riverweststories.co.uk

River West