Texts From My Dead Brother

The Last Text Came From Someone Who Was Dead I got a text from an unknown number

that said, “I made it home safe,” which made no sense because it was my brother’s

number and he had died in a car accident three months earlier. I thought it was a cruel joke until

another message came in saying, “Mom doesn’t see me yet.” I tried calling,

but it went straight to voicemail with his old greeting. Later that night I received a photo

of our living room, taken from the corner where my brother used to sit, and in the dark

window I could see my own reflection… with someone standing behind me who looked exactly like him.

I called my mom in a panic and asked if anyone had been there, and she said she’d