90 Degrees
an excerpt

90 Degrees:Scene#1:The Break of Emily McPherson

Not more than a moment after the razorblade graced her wrist, did Emily’s world change forever. Her eyes wandered away from her wound. As she looked around, the sterile façade of the bathroom began to twist and contort. The walls seemed to bend inward – collapsing upon her. Contrast increased, and the dark shadows in the corners of the room turned absolute black, while the lights surged with blinding brilliance. An ever growing chorus of echoing moans came to her attention as dark forms on the wall began to dance about her. From beneath the demonic chorus came a low rumbling sound. Emily turned to see the wall behind her split and open up. From the void behind the slit, a monsterous form began to take shape. Light only seemed to be able to grab a hold of the creature’s saber-like teeth, as the light slipped along the rest of its body on it’s way into the dark abyss. The beast chuckled in a distorted tone. And when it called out Emily’s name, the young girl’s heart began to race. She gasped for air as the room began to grow dark. Emily raced to grab a towel to press against her wound, smearing the growing pool of blood at her feet, but she did not make it. Her slight body crashed to the ground. The world around her returned to the way it had been, but Emily would never be the same…