Ricky does movies and is booked to fly from L.A. to New York for an audition. At the last minute, the agent can’t make the trip and a guy in an airline uniform agrees to watch out for Ricky until he gets on the plane to New York from a Chicago connection. Chicago is socked in by a blizzard when they land there, though, with Ricky needing and getting more help than had been anticipated.
Coming home one day he finds his mother in a weird situation. Soon he too is drawn into that situation seemingly without the ability to resist. Who is that stranger in there and what is going on?
This is a short piece written for a forum I am a member of. The challenge was write a dark fantasy piece. Well as dark fantasy isn't my gig it may not be dark to some, but it is dark to me. I'm told it's hot, but a stroker it's not, a writing exercise is what it is.