A short horror story following a gay trans man as he experiences an episode of derealization/depersonalization during an opening shift at his movie theater job. The prose is liminal, and atmospheric in a unique way— aided by moments in the text written like action lines, camera direction, etc. 

Comped by the author to Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Annihilation’ which does feel fitting— with maybe just a bit of ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ too. The horror elements were incredibly easy to relate to as a transmasculine person (though I am not aphantasic like Jack), and like ‘Annihilation’ I found myself very comforted by the protagonist despite the circumstances.