“Static Screams” by Nico Bell is a short novel that packs a big punch! Carmen is a young woman who began hallucinating shortly after her mother’s suicide. Because mental illness runs in her family, she and her aunt both assume that the hallucinations are merely delusions resulting from some unknown mental illness. She sees doctors, goes to therapy sessions, tries every remedy under the sun, and takes medications, but still, the hallucinations remain. They come in the form of dots that often transform into bizarre, terrifying creatures or random body parts like an arm or a face. Carmen is terrified of them and no matter how much she tries to control them, with her aunt coaching her to use grounding methods, these dots won’t go away. … More “Static Screams” by Nico Bell