Tick.

Tock.

Tick.

Tock.

The slow barrage echoes down the empty hallway, bouncing off the battered lockers and the scuffed tile floor. Heavy footsteps clank closer; you huddle under a teacher’s desk, hoping, praying.

Metal glints at the doorframe; claws, long and spindly, bite into the soft wood.

Tick.

Tock.

Millie is an aspiring Australian author with far too many finished stories collecting dust on her harddrive, who is finally trying her hand at this whole being published thing.