Josh Simmons

Like a Lynchian take on Alice in Wonderland, Jessica Farm opens with an exterior of what could be any Midwestern farmhouse. Once inside, we track our titular heroine (she is a person, not a place) as she bounds out of bed on Christmas morning and goes about her routine, eventually breakfasting with her grandparents. The banality of the situation is...

The story opens with an exterior of a Midwestern farmhouse. Once inside, we follow our titular heroine as she bounds out of bed on Christmas morning, going about her usual routine with her father and grandparents. The banality of the situation is underpinned with a building sense of dread, as it transpires that her situation is far from normal: Jessica's...