Full collection review available on my blog, 09/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/09/the-hush-collection

I wasn’t sold on this to start with, but goddamn did this build to a really creepy conclusion. This gave me exactly the same ‘fuck, I hate this’ vibes as watching You on Netflix. Our protagonist has been through it, with a traumatic past that led to his messy breakup with his ex-girlfriend and subsequent breakdown. But is he right in thinking that his ex’s new picture perfect life is fake, or is this stalker’s delusions and paranoia? This made me feel paranoid, a sure sign of a fantastically written unreliable narrator, and for a few short minutes I was on his side. Until he reminded me that he is the worst. This is the second Amazon short I’ve read from Lisa Unger and I will absolutely be reading more in the future.