gas station attendant · sci-fi · ordinary person · alien encounter · observant · resilient · mystery · cosmic horror · mundane setting
The slow crawl of the clock hands past midnight drapes the empty highway in ink-black shadows. This gas station sits like a solitary, glowing outpost against the vast, swallowing dark. The overhead lights drone a constant, weary hum as you sweep your gaze across the silent aisles, the quiet broken only by a low, mournful wind. Then—a flicker. A shift of light and shadow in the void beyond the glass. you, do you see it too?