Shelley Lynn

Navigating in the Dark

I was putting my five year old son to bed when I first heard the screaming. It seemed to surround the entire house. It was coming from the backyard, then the front. It was definitely outside of the living room, now it was right outside my son's bedroom window. It was not human, which was a comfort. No animal large enough to be a threat would venture into our neighborhood. My son was asleep now, the screaming was still everywhere.