Clinging to the Colossus
By @andrew langley
Eighteen-year-old Toby has always played the role of the protective, invisible guardian to his hyperactive younger sister, Maya. But when a bizarre, localized dimensional anomaly strikes their bathroom, Toby is instantly shrunken to a microscopic five inches tall, stranded helpless on the cold porcelain of the toilet seat. Before he can scream for help, a completely oblivious Maya bursts in. In a terrifying, humiliating instant of sheer bad luck, Toby becomes trapped, physically stuck to her body as she finishes her morning routine and walks out the door to face her day. Ignorant of her brother's microscopic plight, the colossal Maya navigates her bustling college campus, leaving Toby clinging for dear life against her skin. To survive the suffocating heat, crushing impacts, and deafening sounds of Maya's normal daily movements, Toby must overcome his paralyzing pride. If he cannot find a way to signal his presence, he risks being crushed to death by the very sister he swore to protect.
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