someonenoticed

The first time anyone heard him, they thought it was a pipe. A thin, steady whine coming from somewhere behind the corner store—high [...]

The dog was lying in the ditch like someone had placed him there carefully, as if they didn’t want him to be hit [...]

The fishermen didn’t notice it at first because they were looking at the water. They were always looking at the water—reading the surface, [...]

The clinic was only two rooms and a porch. Tin roof, peeling paint, the smell of disinfectant fighting a losing battle against the [...]

It was almost midnight when the café’s back door clicked shut and the city exhaled. Chairs were upside down on tables. The espresso [...]

Traffic didn’t slow for anything—not the heat shimmering off the asphalt, not the smell of exhaust, not the bright afternoon sun that made [...]

It was the kind of morning fishermen remember for the wrong reasons. The sea was too calm—flat like glass, sound traveling farther than [...]

She appeared in the laundromat like she belonged to it. Not bold—just certain. A small gray cat with a torn ear and a [...]

He showed up the same way the rain did—quiet at first, then suddenly unavoidable. A muddy, medium-sized dog with one ear that wouldn’t [...]

The building’s power flickered twice before it died for good. Hallway lights vanished. The hum of elevators went silent. Somewhere below, a door [...]