The cartoons on the TV changed. The animated dog on the screen stopped dancing and turned its head to look directly at Kevin. It pointed a gloved finger toward the stairs.
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Kevin looked. At the top of the landing, a pair of legs stood perfectly still. Just legs, ending at the waist, fading into the static. "I want to go to sleep now," Kevin said to the empty air. The cartoons on the TV changed
Kevin looked at the floor. His favorite blue bucket was floating three feet off the ground. He reached out to touch it, but his hand kept going, disappearing into a patch of darkness that felt like ice. When he pulled his hand back, his fingernails were gone. He didn't feel pain, only a hollow, echoing cold. The silence in the house didn’t just happen;
He went downstairs. The television was on, tuned to a channel that didn't exist—just a loop of black-and-white cartoons from the 1930s, flickering and silent. The light from the screen cast long, twitching shadows of the Legos scattered across the floor. "Mom? Dad?"