I found this in my girlfriend’s bathroom. We’ve been looking at it for an hour now and still can’t figure out what it is.

it was just a slime mold, harmless and weirdly common in damp places, the fear didn’t disappear instantly. Relief mixed with this lingering unease, like the world had quietly admitted it still had secrets hiding in plain sight. We cleaned it up, aired out the bathroom, laughed it off in that shaky way you do after a scare. But now, every time I step continue reading …