"Who the Final Girl Becomes," by Dominique Dickey
Appeared in Nightmare Magazine, February 2023, Issue 125, and on the podcast
7,199 words, edging towards novelette territory
(Big spoilers.) Starts out horrific, finishes inspirational! Interesting to see this kind of thing in Nightmare—by which I mean something that subverts the expectations we bring to horror. (Reminds me of a very different story PseudoPod ran that pulled the rug out from under me in another way.) I definitely predicted Nathaniel breaking down in tears and, you know, becoming himself at the climax, but a touch of predictability doesn't hurt a good story.
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