Don't Look

She knows she's not dreaming. She never falls asleep.Morgan can't sleep. Not really. Every night she lies in bed watching the long hallway through her vanity mirror — the one her mother insisted on, the one she hates — while a man's face peers up from the bottom corner of the glass and warns her over and over: Don't look.The shadow at the end of the hallway moves when she looks. Every night she tries to hold out. Every night she can't breathe under the covers long enough. Every night she looks. And every night the shadow gets closer.Her mother says it's bad dreams. Keep the light on. It'll help.But you can't have bad dreams if you never fall asleep.Don't Look is a short horror story drawn from the real nightmare archives of author Haleigh Overseth — the opening entry in FrankiVerse NightMares, a series of original horror fiction rooted in the strange, suffocating logic that only exists at 3am. No demons with backstories. No explanations. Just the hallway, the mirror, the shadow, and a little girl who finally decides to do something about it.If you've ever pulled the covers over your head and known — genuinely known — that looking would make it worse, this one is for you.FrankiVerse NightMares is published under FrankiVerse Media, the indie creative universe of author and content creator Haleigh Overseth. More volumes coming. Sleep optional.