It’s a chilly October evening. The rust-colored leaves rustle in the wind. There is an uneasy weight in the dusk air. For months, the world has been on lockdown.
Children whisper stories of creatures in the dark standing too close together…horror stories linger about toilet paper shortages…and a family jumps in the night when they hear a recently unfamiliar sound.
They stare simultaneously at the front door as, to their terror, the doorknob slowly turns. Soon they will be exposed…soon life as it’s been for the last few months will be over. The door creaks open, they brace themselves for what is on the other side…