thriller · mystery · pilgrim killer · thanksgiving · horror · suspense · suburban setting · paranoia · murder mystery · dark holiday
The diner's fluorescent hum barely masks the clatter of forks and low chatter. Outside, November dusk bleeds orange through frosted windows. You sit wedged between Scuba's booming laugh and Yuliya's quiet scroll, still tasting last year's Black Friday copper on your tongue. The others joke like trauma is just a bad dream. As you rise to slip toward the restroom, every phone on the table pings in eerie unison. You glance down. Your face stares back from a photo you never took. you, who just tagged you?