If Your Toothbrush is Ever Already Wet... BACK OUT SLOWLY

If your toothbrush is ever already wet when you wake up, back out slowly. Do not touch it, do not rinse it, and whatever you do, do not open the shower curtain. Here are the 8 rules. It is 6:40 in the morning and you are the first one up. Three toothbrushes in the cup are dry. Yours is lying on the counter, dripping, and the drain is still gurgling. In this analog horror story, the Dreadify office explains what to do when something in your house gets ready before you do: why you let the towel fall, step around your own slippers, take the chair nobody uses, wipe your own mouth at breakfast, and watch your little sister's eyes, what Caleb's pet camera caught at 6:53, and why you sometimes wake up on the very edge of your bed with the wall side warm. FILE INDEX 0:00 Your toothbrush is wet in the morning 0:59 Rule 1 - Back out slowly 2:41 Rule 2 - Let the towel fall 3:36 Rule 3 - Step around your slippers 4:37 Rule 4 - Take a different chair 5:26 Incident file 440 - the girl in Kansas 6:29 Rule 5 - Wipe your own mouth 7:41 Rule 6 - Watch your sister's eyes 8:35 Incident file 712 - Caleb's pet camera 10:27 Rule 7 - Stay on your feet 12:18 Rule 8 - Stay in the middle of your bed REAL EVIDENCE IN THIS FILE - Rule 1: in 2015, researchers at Quinnipiac University tested toothbrushes from shared bathrooms and found the germs on a toothbrush most likely came from somebody else. Photo of Quinnipiac University: Ethan Long, CC BY-SA 2.0. - The ending: the American Dental Association says to replace your toothbrush every 3 to 4 months, sooner if the bristles are frayed. The incident files are fiction. Filed by the Dreadify office, where every case starts with something familiar. A work of fiction.