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Periphery
Ida Peck was nearsighted. REALLY nearsighted. She had been burdened throughout her life with wearing thick glasses, and was nearly blind without them. So when her best friend, Leonie Williams, suggested that she have laser surgery to correct her vision, she thought that was a pretty appealing idea.
And the surgery succeeded -- perhaps too well. Because once Ida had her eyes fixed, and was able to enjoy something she'd never had before -- peripheral vision -- she began to see things out of the corner of her eye. Things no one else could see. Her friends and her eye doctor all tell her that this is no problem, that it happens to everyone, that she'll get used to it, that the little shadows and patterns of light you see in your peripheral vision aren't real.
Unfortunately, Ida finds out fairly quickly that even if her friends can't see what she sees, the creatures in her periphery are very real indeed.
Even more alarmingly, Ida discovers that once she became aware of the creatures in the shadows, they became aware of her. And when one of them starts to follow her around, and causing trouble for her and her friends, she decides that maybe having laser surgery hadn't been such a good idea, after all.
Set in the village of Broussard, Louisiana, "Periphery" is the story of three good friends, whose unflinching loyalty to each other leads them to take on the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
And the surgery succeeded -- perhaps too well. Because once Ida had her eyes fixed, and was able to enjoy something she'd never had before -- peripheral vision -- she began to see things out of the corner of her eye. Things no one else could see. Her friends and her eye doctor all tell her that this is no problem, that it happens to everyone, that she'll get used to it, that the little shadows and patterns of light you see in your peripheral vision aren't real.
Unfortunately, Ida finds out fairly quickly that even if her friends can't see what she sees, the creatures in her periphery are very real indeed.
Even more alarmingly, Ida discovers that once she became aware of the creatures in the shadows, they became aware of her. And when one of them starts to follow her around, and causing trouble for her and her friends, she decides that maybe having laser surgery hadn't been such a good idea, after all.
Set in the village of Broussard, Louisiana, "Periphery" is the story of three good friends, whose unflinching loyalty to each other leads them to take on the monsters that lurk in the shadows.
67 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 2, 2011
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June 28, 2012
Loved the premise of this story. I wanted it to be longer, but well told at present length.
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