Night Owls

Jerry glanced down at the photograph in his hand, then back up again at the woman sitting alone at the back of the cafe.

He noticed the cat tattoo that ran down the length of her arm, as she gingerly lifted her steaming cup.

All at once a blinding light coursed through the space. Jerry and the woman froze. And then a creature appeared, seemingly from the air itself.

The creature was more human than beast, with Jerry’s hollow colored eyes and the woman’s thin lips and cheekbones; she bared her pointed teeth as she walked toward her parents.