Strange #1

In "Long Way," Jim Woods wrestles with the quiet distance he feels from his twin brother John, convinced John doesn’t want him involved in his life or business—until a chance conversation with John’s fiancée, Julie Thayer, begins to unravel that belief. The story unfolds in just four pages, capturing a moment of emotional tension and fragile hope between brothers whose bond is tested by silence and misunderstanding.

In "Charlie," Winthrop Peters, Jr. finds himself caught between the expectations of his uncle and aunt, who plan to send him to private school, and his unseen companion, Charlie—whose presence grows increasingly insistent. As the boy's world tightens around him, the line between imagination and something far stranger begins to blur.