WHEN YOU START NOTICING ORDINARY THINGS LOOKING KINDA OFF... A CHAIR IN THE CORNER—NOTHING UNUSUAL; THE SAME CHAIR SUDDENLY LOOKS SLIGHTLY TILTED EVERY TIME YOU GLANCE AT IT; YOUR REFLECTION BLINKS A SPLIT SECOND AFTER YOU DO; STREETLIGHTS FLICKER ONLY WHEN YOU WALK BENEATH THEM; ALL THE CLOCKS IN YOUR HOUSE SHOW DIFFERENT TIMES; YOUR PHONE CAMERA CATCHES SOMETHING STANDING RIGHT BEHIND YOU—ONLY FOR A FRAME; YOU HEAR TYPING IN THE NEXT ROOM... BUT YOU LIVE ALONE; YOU PASS A MIRROR AND YOUR REFLECTION DOESN’T TURN ITS HEAD AT THE SAME TIME; SOMEONE CALLS YOUR NAME FROM THE HALLWAY, VOICE IDENTICAL TO YOURS; THE PAINTING ON THE WALL SEEMS TO SMILE WIDER EVERY NIGHT; YOU START SEEING FACES IN RANDOM PATTERNS—OUTLETS, SHADOWS, WOOD GRAIN; YOUR FAVORITE SONG SUDDENLY HAS LYRICS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE; YOUR PET STARES AT THE CORNER OF THE ROOM FOR HOURS, UNBLINKING; PHOTOS ON YOUR PHONE START SHOWING DETAILS YOU SWEAR WEREN’T THERE BEFORE; YOUR NAME APPEARS CARVED FAINTLY INTO YOUR DESK ONE MORNING; THE SKY HAS A LINE RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE LIKE AN IMAGE BEING STITCHED TOGETHER; YOU WAVE AT YOUR REFLECTION, AND IT WAVES FIRST; THE MOON LOOKS CLOSER EVERY NIGHT; YOU CHECK THE CALENDAR AND ALL THE DATES ARE THE SAME NUMBER; EVERY TIME YOU BLINK, THINGS SEEM TO MOVE JUST A LITTLE; YOU LOOK OUTSIDE—YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS PERFECTLY STILL; NOTIFICATIONS FLASH FROM APPS YOU’VE NEVER INSTALLED; YOU CHECK THE MIRROR AGAIN—IT’S SMILING THIS TIME; YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN FLICKERS AND SHOWS YOU STARING BACK, LIVE; YOU HEAR BREATHING BEHIND YOU THAT MATCHES YOURS EXACTLY; EVERYTHING LOOKS FAMILIAR… BUT NOT QUITE RIGHT; NOW YOU REALIZE—YOU’VE BECOME PART OF THE UNCANNY