Imaginary Self

If no one can see you, do you cease to exist?

Is one pair of eyes enough to hold you fixed and firmly to this world?

And if only one person’s gaze is enough to hold you, what power does that gaze give them over your existence?

The power to interpret you however they desire.


When a young woman receives an email invitation to a salacious website, she has no idea that her desolate life is about to change forever. She’s given 48 hours to find her “companion” before she ceases to exist - the only problem is, she hasn’t left her apartment in years. Can she overcome her greatest fear before she loses herself completely?

Imaginary Self is a work of short fiction and is approximately 10,000 words in length.