I went to the seaside for ten days on vacation
When I finally forced myself to step closer, my brain kept insisting it had to be a snake, or some kind of dead animal lodged in the tub. The way it drooped out of the overflow drain made it look disturbingly organic, like it had slowly emerged while the house sat silent. I hovered there for ages, torn between grabbing a broom and running back out the door. Only after comparing photos online, reading wild theories about parasites, fungi, and…