The Blackout

Living off the grid sounds like a dream until the heat fails. Jen and Claire stuck in that snowy cabin made me realize how fast things get ugly when you are cold.

The way Claire starts hoarding food in the cellar is so quiet and scary. It shows how starvation changes your brain before you even realize it.

Isolation is a slow poison for sisters who already have secrets. You can go weeks without seeing another soul but the person next to you feels like a total stranger.

“The darkness was absolute. It pressed against my eyes like a physical weight.”

The dark is a physical weight in this story. When the lights go out for good, you start seeing threats in every shadow and every floorboard creak.