Elizabeth Nalepa

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Liz is a recovering academic with too many hobbies. She was born and currently lives in Youngstown, Ohio with her husband and too many cats. She writes primarily fantasy and horror, though she has also written a lot about surviving cancer. She serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Macabre Magazine. You can follow her work at elizabethnalepa.com and life updates at elizabethnalepa.substack.com.

Published in Macabre Magazine

Seeing is Believing

Elizabeth Nalepa|February 2026|29 min read

Most people are blind to life’s distractions. Normal people can move smoothly from one task to the next, allotting each one exactly the attention it needs. They don’t see how dirty the cabinets are or how tall the pile of mail has gotten.