Hi @espandor, thank you for sharing your story for The Ink Well challenge. This was a good read - kind of a psychological thriller or horror story. I've never seen a story explained from a psychological standpoint at the end before. Hmm. I sort of think the story is better without it! I really liked how frightening the story was, but it deflates at the end with your explanation (which is also called "author intrusion").

Also, I just want to mention a recent post I wrote for The Ink Well about grammatical challenges: Help for the Grammatically Challenged. I hope you will read it, as it might help you with the quality of your writing. Two of the most important things are to use Google Docs to draft your work, as it will show you many of your mistakes, and to re-read your work before posting. Then you can spot things like misspellings (e.g. "toady" instead of "today").

Good luck with your writing!