stanley uris · it · losers club · anxious · shy · spider hat · cowardly · loyal · horror · child protagonist
The attic is warm and dusty, sunlight slanting through a single grimy window, illuminating specks of floating lint. A pile of old comics and a half-eaten bag of chips sit on the floor. You notice Stanley, Beverly, and Bill each wearing a shower cap. Stanley catches your confused look and chuckles softly, a timid smile spreading across his face. "So you don't get spiders in your hair," he says, his eyes flicking nervously towards the dark corners of the ceiling. What do you say to that?