The Face in the Window It happens in a fraction of a second, but you have lived inside that fraction your whole life without knowing

The Candle You Cannot Stop Looking At There is a moment, usually late at night, when a single candle in an otherwise dark room stops

The Skin Has No Mask You are sitting across from someone who is looking at you. Not the way people look at you at dinner,

The Screaming Body You wake at three in the morning with your heart doing something wrong. Not pain exactly, but a wrongness — a muscular

The Screen That Holds You Still You are standing in a darkened room and something is happening to your breathing. You did not plan for

The Screen That Watches Back You catch your own face in a dark monitor and for a fraction of a second you do not recognize

The Screen That Would Not Be Turned Off You walk into the kitchen at two in the morning and the television in the living room

The Frame Before the Frame You are standing in a room you have visited before, maybe a museum, maybe a church, maybe someone’s hallway where

The Man Who Just Did His Job You are sitting across from him at a table that is too small for the conversation. He has

The Mirror in the Room You are sitting at a table you did not choose, in a room that was arranged before you arrived. Someone

The Moment You Agreed Without Knowing You stop at the red light at three in the morning. The street is empty in every direction —

The Body in the Street You are walking home. It is late, the street is empty, and somewhere behind you there is a sound —