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Projection
On her final night of work, a young projectionist is stalked by an obsessive customer. [Flash Fiction. Short Story. 1300 words.]
There are few things in this world more terrifying than the realization that something is out of place. This is how Alice felt on that Thursday night. She was alone in the projection booth, putting the finishing touches on the latest 35mm print to come in to the theater.
Coming back from the restroom, she could have sworn she set the splicer to her left. Not her right. And yet, there it sat, on the right side of the light table.
I’m just being silly, she’d tell herself soon. I must have moved it.
Humans will tell themselves anything to put their minds at ease. To keep themselves from giving in to the unknown. To accept that it exists at all is unthinkable. After all, there was very little evidence to suggest that another living soul was in that dark projection booth along with her. All the doors were locked. The security system was on. Alice was confident that she was the only person in the building, so she told herself she was just being silly and continued her work.
And yet, there he was.
There are few things in this world more terrifying than the realization that something is out of place. This is how Alice felt on that Thursday night. She was alone in the projection booth, putting the finishing touches on the latest 35mm print to come in to the theater.
Coming back from the restroom, she could have sworn she set the splicer to her left. Not her right. And yet, there it sat, on the right side of the light table.
I’m just being silly, she’d tell herself soon. I must have moved it.
Humans will tell themselves anything to put their minds at ease. To keep themselves from giving in to the unknown. To accept that it exists at all is unthinkable. After all, there was very little evidence to suggest that another living soul was in that dark projection booth along with her. All the doors were locked. The security system was on. Alice was confident that she was the only person in the building, so she told herself she was just being silly and continued her work.
And yet, there he was.
7 pages, ebook
First published December 2, 2012
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