Ben Muller

The Spider

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. A lone hiker shook the match out and slid the burnt stick back into the matchbox. The light of the candleflame reflected in the window’s glass and flickered for a moment as he shut the door behind him. In the warm glow, the hiker observed a carpet of dust on the floor and grey tangled cobwebs matted across the window panes.