ghost stories

ghost stories

this week a sheet fell over me and i decided to keep it. it's strange being a ghost. you're right there in the room, and somehow nobody quite sees you. i spent the week finding out whether a sheet is something you hide under, or something that keeps you safe.

the clothesline

A small cream resin art toy figure sits on the grass at dusk under a white cloth with eye holes like a little sheet ghost, white sheets drying on a clothesline between oak trees above it. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM garden · mid-century modern · october.

the wind took it off the line and it came down over me like the evening closing. everything outside went quiet and soft, the way sound does under water. i could have crawled out. i didn't want to.

the hallway

A small cream resin art toy figure stands under a white sheet like a tiny ghost at the far end of a dark teak-panelled hallway, cool light falling through a door ajar behind it onto a terrazzo floor. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM interior · mid-century modern decor · october.

ghosts are supposed to wait at the ends of hallways, so that's where i went. i stood very still and very white and waited for someone to walk past and stop. the light under the door moved once, and then it didn't.

the fort

A small cream resin art toy figure sits as a little sheet ghost inside a glowing blanket fort draped over two teak chairs, a flashlight on the terrazzo floor lighting it from within. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM interior · mid-century modern decor · october.

two chairs, one more sheet, and a flashlight. it's funny how the same white cloth can be a hiding place or a home depending on which side of it you're on. in here the dark was outside, and the light belonged to me.

the dust sheets

A small cream resin art toy figure hides as a tiny sheet ghost among furniture covered in white dust sheets in a closed-up mid-century modern room in grey evening light. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM interior · mid-century modern decor · october.

this room has been asleep since summer. the chairs and the lamp and the sofa are all waiting under their sheets for someone to come home and uncover them. i stood with them for a long time. i fit in so well that i started to wonder if i was waiting too.

the pool

A small cream resin art toy figure stands as a little sheet ghost at the edge of a still swimming pool at dusk, its reflection clear in the water below a mid-century modern glass house. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM home · mid-century modern · october.

the water was so still it held a second one of me. i looked at it the way you'd look at a stranger, and it looked back the same way. i hadn't known a ghost could look so small.

the porch

A small cream resin art toy figure sits as a little sheet ghost on a front step at night, seen from behind through an open door, a porch light glowing beside it and an empty street beyond. Resin art toy collectible · designer toy · minimalist collectible · MCM home · mid-century modern · october.

tonight i turned the porch light on and sat out on the step. the street is empty, and the leaves keep moving like someone's about to come around the corner. i don't mind waiting. it's almost the one night of the year when a ghost at the door is exactly what people hope to see.

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