sit, she had to do so with her head bent
so far forward it looked like she was
about to start chewing on her neck. What
the hell was I doing there again?
“Okay, now for the cool part—you
ready?” she asked. “Turn off your light.”
She clicked off her flashlight after
motioning for me to do the same. The
instant my light went out, I experienced
the absolute darkest darkness of beyond
pitch-black holy fucking shit deepest
darkest blackness ever. I felt the tickling
of hysteria begin to worm its way up the
back of my neck, and for the first time in
my life, I completely understood fear.
Because fear was the only thing I
could see in that hole. It sat there,