***Stephen S. Power*** *is the author of the novel* The Dragon Round, *and his new novel,* Safe at Last, *about a traumatized woman trapped in a smart house, is currently under submission. His short fiction has appeared recently in* Unorthodox Stories *and* Heathen *and will soon appear in* Lightspeed, Stupefying Stories, Tales of Horror, *the anthologies* Cost of Living *and* The Growers (The Best of NewMyths, Volume 5) *as well as on the podcast* Creepy. *His site is [stephenspower.com](http://stephenspower.com/). He's on BlueSky at [@stephenspower.bsky.social](https://bsky.app/profile/stephenspower.bsky.social).*