Mikaela is writing a bunch of short stories for 13 Days 13 Shorts this year! To check out more stuff from Mikaela, visit www.mikaelamiyamoto.com note from Mikaela: I've started posting videos of me reading the stories on TikTok and you might start to catch some extra clues to the overarching storyline! You can check them out here:  https://www.tiktok.com/@kaelamiyamoto?_t=ZP-90wjbC3IF8J&_r=1 I was awoken in the middle of the night by a tap tap tapping on my shoulder. It was m

by a house near a stream There is a place, far, far beyond the fields. Past the ravines and across the river. Over the treetops and the mountains. It is a place that can only be found when one isn’t looking for it. It is called many names. The Otherworld. The Realm Beyond. Below.  But it is most frequently referred to as simply The Unknown. Few who visit ever return, and those that return have stories no one believes. Strange, unusual stories that speak of the darkness of for