Mason
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Podcast Appearances
It stayed exactly where it was as I passed, and I saw it through the passenger window for one second.
it turned its head to follow me slow and smooth and its mouth was still pulled open i drove too fast for that road i know i did i hit fifty then sixty and my hands were sweating so badly i had to keep adjusting my grip on the wheel i looked in the rearview mirror nothing
I kept telling myself it was rabid.
That was the word I grabbed onto.
Rabid.
Sick.
Hit by a car but not dead.
That explained the weird behavior.
It explained the mouth.
It explained why it looked wrong.
It did not explain the smile.
But I told myself animals do weird things when they're hurt.
I said that out loud in the car like an idiot.
It's sick.
It's just sick.
Then I heard claws on the passenger side.
Not on the door.
Outside the car.
On the road.
Keeping pace.