Jun 16, 2021
When I was a kid, I used to imagine a shadow creature; usually it was shaped like a dog, but whatever shape it was in was always just a bit wrong. It would run beside the car whenever I was either on a long car trip or when we were driving on the backroads. It was always facing forwards, never looking away from the road in front of it or straying away from the car.
I don't know why; but it always seemed wrong to mention it out loud; like it would be angry if I spoke about it. In my head I always referred to it as a running shadow.