My desperate gasp for air was about as successful as untangling hair uncombed for days with a single sweep of the fingers. I cannot explain this sensation as much but several invisible arms taking hold of me – some dragging my legs deeper into the water, some wrapping around my arms, but most of them... Continue Reading →
The Recruitment
As soon as I saw my results, my mind filled with confusion. This was not supposed to happen. How could it? How could they recruit me for a job I loathed? Yet, there it was, printed in black ink on the thin sheet of paper to which my face bore witness, as it artfully mirrored... Continue Reading →
pride
I walk up to them but they turn me away; I listen despite everything. I feel it getting dark as the chill in the air makes my skin tingle, yet I stride into the night. I swallow up my pride. They push me around and I don’t feel helpless; still, I let them have ... Continue Reading →
Unveiled
It’s been eleven years. Four thousand and seventeen days. Ninety six thousand, four hundred and eight hours. Most would not even bother with the maths, but it comes naturally to me. I have learnt, unlike many others, to rely on my instincts, for I fear I have not much else to offer myself. Everyday I... Continue Reading →
Spencer
Nightmares consumed her. They devoured her, night after night, after week after month. And there was no running away. Since she had been locked up, all that came back to her were flashes of her life, like fragments of broken glass, torturing her, confusing her beyond logic. All that she remembered was enough to haunt... Continue Reading →
Energised
He was filled with fear when he realised he would never see an ordinary human being again. He was probably going to die anyway. For how long could he possibly live in a room the size of his former closet? It was not only small but also infested with three strange bugs which made clicking... Continue Reading →
Blood Spilt Over the Brownstones
The police officer stood outside the interrogation room, waiting for the arrival of the police car with a murder suspect, impatient and frustrated. After a considerable lack of sleep and precisely forty-three hours of working on this case, they had finally captured the top suspect in the murder of Kaitlynn Brownstone. The only factor that... Continue Reading →
Forever and Beyond
Jemma’s eyelids were heavy with sleep and her body fatigued and aching after a day full of melancholic news and sorrowful goodbyes. The topography of her life was going to change forever, in a mere seven hours. Reality was setting in in its entirety, more heavily than it had prior to this day. Now, as... Continue Reading →
Back in the Day
After encountering innumerably diverse experiences for over sixty years, they have come to know what really matters. They have learnt that not every little battle needs to be fought, not every action justified, and not every low leads to an underground pit. They have learnt that the need to hold grudges is nowhere close to... Continue Reading →
The Whisper
The hollow metal tube did not have any ventilation, yet she felt a cool breeze against her skin. She could feel the cold, hard metal of the table beneath her, and the thin white sheet covering her. She waited, for she had no other option. The camera attached to the ceiling on the left side... Continue Reading →
Chromatic Aberration 