Here, Already.
Here, Already. is a piece of flash speculative fiction published in Issue Seventeen of Grim & Gilded — an online literary magazine. Read it (and other fantastic stories) at the links above.
Excerpt:
“She pockmarks the flesh around her fingernails with bites. The television and air conditioning and refrigerator and oven vent and oscillating fans and ceiling fans and dishwasher and washing machine and wireless home hubs all hum together in a crescendo of white noise. God forbid it ever get quiet. God forbid her thoughts.”