Photos From Ten Minutes Ahead

Last Friday I woke up to a text from an unknown number that said, “Do you remember

me?” I didn’t reply because I assumed it was spam, but then the next message had the

exact photo of me asleep in my room that same morning, taken from outside my window — and

I hadn’t opened my blinds all night. My heart dropped, and I checked every lock and window

in the house, but nothing was disturbed. I was about to delete the number when

another message came through: “You’re in the frame again.” That was when I realised the timestamp

on the photo was for ten minutes in the future. I never hit send on any message or

took any photo. I locked my phone in my car overnight. This morning I checked it — there were