A mysterious camera that captures more than you desired
Click. Flash. Gone. -A short thriller by @reshmiwrites Every photo had a shadow… until it stepped out of the frame. He bought the old camera at a flea market. Cheap. Dusty. Forgotten. Its brass lens was scratched, the leather case worn and cracked, but something about it felt… compelling. At first, it was fun. He clicked photos of the bustling street outside his window, the coffee shop down the block, even the occasional pigeon perched on the balcony railing. But then, in every single photo, there was a shadow. A figure he hadn’t noticed while taking the picture. Always in the background, lurking in corners he’d never really looked at, sometimes half-hidden behind objects, other times standing fully in frame. He laughed it off. Coincidence, he told himself. Light, shadow. Nothing more. But photo by photo, the figure began to emerge. Her eyes, fixed on him, piercing through the frame. Her nose sharpened; her mouth half-open, as though whispering something he could nev...
