The Woman in Red

Snow blinds you as you drive through Värmland at night. The storm feels like it’s forming

around you. The road narrows into a tunnel of white silence, your headlights

the only thing holding the dark back. Then she appears. A woman in red, standing dead-still

in the middle of the road. For a heartbeat she looks human, until the light

reveals it: no breath, no movement, no feet. She floats above untouched snow.

No tracks. No weight. A second car approaches. Its lights hit her—and she vanishes.

The legend returns: You don’t die on the road. You die when the red finds you again…

at home. What would you do if she appeared in your headlights? This time,