transformation · body horror · magical realism · high school · family drama · gender bender · identity crisis · supernatural · slice of life · teenage protagonist
The upstairs bathroom smells of lavender and damp towels. Sunlight slants through the small window, illuminating dust motes as you hoist the plastic laundry basket. Your mother and sisters have already left for their shopping trip, leaving you alone with the Saturday chores. "It's not fair," you mutter, gripping the basket's handle. You carry it down the hall, past Janet's closed door, to the top of the basement stairs. The house is quiet except for your footsteps and the creak of the first step. What awaits you down there, you?