unʀaᴠᴇlɪng thᴇ cuʀsᴇ ᴏf ᴠanɪshɪng: a cᴏᴍpʀᴇhᴇnsɪᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇw

thᴇ cuʀsᴇ ᴏf ᴠanɪshɪng ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ: a pᴇʀsᴏnal taᴋᴇ ɪᴍagɪnᴇ ɪf ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ tɪᴍᴇ ʏᴏu accɪdᴇntallʏ dʀᴏp ʏᴏuʀ ʀᴇᴍᴏtᴇ, ɪt ᴠanɪshᴇs ɪntᴏ thɪn aɪʀ? that’s thᴇ cuʀsᴇ ᴏf ᴠanɪshɪng: an ᴇnɪgᴍatɪc fᴏʀcᴇ that ᴍaᴋᴇs ᴏʙᴊᴇcts ᴍᴏᴍᴇntaʀɪlʏ dɪsappᴇaʀ. ɪ ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇd ɪt fɪʀsthand whᴇn ᴍʏ faᴠᴏʀɪtᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋ wᴇnt ᴍɪssɪng fᴏʀ daʏs, ᴏnlʏ tᴏ ʀᴇappᴇaʀ undᴇʀ ᴍʏ cᴏuch lɪᴋᴇ a ᴍɪschɪᴇᴠᴏus pʀanᴋ. ɪt’s a thʀɪllɪng ʏᴇt fʀustʀatɪng gaᴍᴇ ᴏf hɪdᴇ-and-sᴇᴇᴋ, lᴇaᴠɪng ʏᴏu ᴏn thᴇ ᴇdgᴇ ᴏf ʏᴏuʀ sᴇat....

December 10, 2023 · 1 min · 155 words · Cynthia Kennedy