Kate Edwards Trussler

Rabbit Dark

The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Across the cabin’s front room, a kerosene lantern chugged along, doing its best to hold back the darkness the candle didn’t touch. A shadow splashed and ducked across one wall and then the next, and the floorboards strained to soften beneath a pair of heavy work boots.