The Swing Set at 42 Maplewood Drive

It was late October 2017, just after the streetlights flickered on in Westbrook, Ohio. I was cutting through the cul-de-sac behind the old pharmacy when I saw the swing set in the Simpsons' backyard — a rusted frame with one chain dangling, rocking in a wind that wasn't blowing. I'd known the Simpsons since I was a kid. They'd moved away a year ago, after their youngest went missing. The house was empty, the lawn overgrown, but that swing kept swinging. I stood there for twenty minutes, watching, until I noticed the kitchen light flick on. Then off. Then on again. Someone was inside. Someone who hadn't lived there in twelve months. I didn't run. I couldn't. I walked up the driveway instead, because that's what you do when you're not sure if you're chasing a ghost or being called home. #CulDeSac #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #LunaReads #Anthology #SwingSet #MissingChild #SuburbanHorror #WestbrookOhio #October #EmptyHouse #Dusk #Homecoming #Grief #SlowBurn #UnseenPresence #TheSimpsons #42MaplewoodDrive #CulDeSacHorror #SuburbanNightmare Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo