The Name That Charms Our Fears

I have never heard voices. Except this one time.

I have never heard voices. At least, not like that. I’m not mad, if that’s the question.

I have never heard A Voice. At least, not like that. I’m not a mystic, if that’s the question.

I do have this one story, though.

I was an imaginative little child. That’s an understatement. I was a hyper-imaginative little child. By day, this gave me hours of solitary…