sourdough

A cinematic kitchen scene blending nightmare and waking reality. On the left, a warped, dreamlike vision: a monstrous sourdough jar looms in fog, Mum and Felix partially fused into dough, and Schmutz perched above, haunting and flour-dusted. On the right, the kitchen returns to morning calm—clean counters, soft light, and the sourdough jar quietly in place. Two versions of Franzi appear: one dream-bound in the shadows, the other fully real, seated in serene control. Her tail is curled. Her gaze is steady. She has bent the world to her will.

Epilogue – The Ghost of the Dough

The nightmare comes first. I am in the kitchen, but it’s not right. It’s stretched impossibly long, the walls curling like soft dough, and the floor sticky beneath my paws. The air is thick with a sour, yeasty fog. And at the
April 5, 2025