The Eyes That Didn’t Look Alive
The girl’s eyes were open.
But they looked strangely empty.
Her pupils appeared unusually large.
Her skin had a waxy texture.
And her posture looked unnaturally stiff.
Sarah had studied Victorian photography during university.
She immediately recognized the signs.
This wasn’t just a portrait.
It was post-mortem photography.
A practice that was surprisingly common during the 19th century.
Families often took photographs of loved ones after death — especially children — because it might be the only photograph they would ever have of them.
Sarah whispered to herself:
“She was already gone.”
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