[2808] Lock and Key 2/2

Hello again! I posted the first half of this one two days ago. Thanks to everyone who responded! I'll get to more in-depth replies later, once everything is reviewed.

In case you didn't, this is the first piece I'm writing for consideration in my MFA app portfolio. I'm applying to genre-friendly programs, but my audience skews literary, so bear that in mind as you read. I called my first half lit horror but was told it didn't read that way, so I'm especially curious about whether the second half makes it clearer why I chose that label, or doesn't help at all.

EDIT: Realized I should probably summarize the first half, for any new readers. The MC drops into a kind of lucid dream every night, but this time isn't waking. He's had an altercation with the shadow of his mom (level 99 mommy issues, as a prior commenter said), he runs away from her, and now feels guilty and is coming back. Throughout all of this, he's looking for a key that matches the door out of the dream. Thanks in advance!

Lock and Key 2/2

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