We Feel At Night
A downloadable collection
In the dead of night all shapes can be altered to appear as though they are something else - a looming presence, a moving shadow. They can then be revealed by the headlights of a passing car to be nothing but a hanging robe, or your girlfriend wide-eyed and asking if you are okay.
We Feel At Night is a small collection of supernaturally infused queer short stories about those eerie night-time feelings and the kind of creatures that can lurk in the shadows of your hometown.
The collection is presented as a PDF containing 5,200 words.
Also included is an Easy-To-Read version for those who are prone to eye-strain, or have some form of dyslexia. Changes include reduced contrast between background and text, a sans-serif font, large font and page size, and increased spacing between blocks of text.
tracklist:
I.
In The Dark We Look Like Monsters
II.
All I Am Is An Alley Cat
III.
Late Night Make-Out Sessions
IV.
Epilogue
Purchase
In order to download this collection you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $2.50 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Accessibility!May 01, 2022
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A beautiful experience of uneasy horror. Everyday liminal spaces and echoes of people you will never know the name of, but will always remember the face of. The unease of hearing a tape playing backwards, a broken untuned piano, the reflection of your own face in a window during the night. Belle creates the most physically effective written atmospheres in the most amazingly short amount of words, no short story can capture the sense of reality and human experience like she does. The queer representation is true and feels organic and constantly shifting. It's genuinely incredible the way she can boil down the tiny machinations of the human experience into a sentence. The horror is something very niche and delicate too; she doesn't rely on gore or traumatic twists, she uses the worldbuilding and personal experience to tailor the fear to your own idea of horror. Everyone will have a different and individual experience of this collection of stories and will be left dreaming of the cinematic experiences she gave to you for such a small price. Read at your own risk; you will become obsessed and itch for more.
This collection of stories crafts spaces both real and surreal, as it gives names to the fears that linger in the dark before casting a comforting light over them. The author shares deeply personal stories that invite us to easily place ourselves within them, taking us by the hand as they walk us through each of them with such understanding and kindness. There's so much here, especially between the words and in the margins, that gave me the space to think and to feel. I know I'll be returning to these stories again and again so I can revist those places.
Thank you so much for gifting that to me.
An amazing read that carries a tone you'll have trouble finding anywhere else, "We Feel At Night" hits all the right notes. It's difficult not to see yourself in these stories, and the sections between stories add such a personal touch from the author that makes it difficult to think of any of this as fiction.
This collection scratches an itch I didn't know I had.
Beautiful short stories that feel almost like walking through a soft dream, amazing queer rep, 10/10 read