Hide From the Light
When is it government overreach¸ and when is it something more sinister? Palaha is willing to go along with forced confessions and mandated antibiotics¸ but her husband Maksim is critical of the government interference. When their little girl begins to have visions¸ the family realizes that resistance may be futile.
Hide From the Light is a 5¸000-word short story set in modern-day Belarus during Maslenitsa. It contains elements from multiple fun horror genres such as psychological¸ supernatural¸ folk¸ and religious.