Her lists are life or death.
“If it’s on the list, I have to do it.”
Milli Morgan lives by her lists. Groceries, goals, organising her boss – nothing escapes being ticked off her ever-growing to-do lists. Order brings her comfort; control keeps the chaos at bay. Everyone can rely on Milli.
Until the day new items start appearing on her list in red ink.
At first, she blames stress. A prank. Someone playing mind-games. But one instruction on the list refuses to be erased and demands to be completed.
A command so terrible she would have to be crazy to tick it off.
Don’t Forget the Crazy is a dark psychological suspense short story about obsession, perfection, and the dangerous pressure of always being “the good girl.” Fans of Gillian Flynn, Lisa Jewell, Patricia Highsmith, and Shirley Jackson will devour this chilling portrait of order unravelling into darkness.
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My thoughts: This short story depicts a descent into madness and mayhem for a tightly wound writer of lists. I like lists too, but not as much as Milli, who has so many, they’ve taken over her life. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, she’s completely reliant on them to get things done and now they want her to do something terrible.
The work Christmas Secret Santa is always riddled with risk – what if you don’t like your Santee, what if you get it totally wrong? But when someone gets Milli a “Crazy Cat Lady Starter Kit”, she starts to spiral. She doesn’t even have a cat.
And after that…well… you’ll have to read it to find out!
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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