There’s a tally number above everyone’s heads but I’m still trying to figure out what it means. Some people’s are high, obnoxiously so, and other’s are low. Normally someone will have around 10-12, but it’s useless when I don’t understand it....

‘the fool’ they call me. they joke about my thoughts, laugh at my reactions. maybe i’m foolish. or maybe i’m trusting. maybe i’m gullible. is it really the worst thing, to be the fool?...

I didn’t know places like these could still even exist, but here one is just sitting underneath layers of grime. It’s been reclaimed by nature now, as is the way of the world. The colony on Mars will love this discovery. A pre-collapse city is rare to find nowadays, especially one of this stature. There’s not much of it left, but some stone patterns are poking from the ground yet. Steel and plaste...

They hugged. They left. They laughed. They cried. They loved. They lost. They came back. They yelled. They whispered. They smiled. They frowned. They lived....

This isn’t how I thought this would go. Wanted it to go.

“But you left!” She screams. “You left without a word of reason and I’ve been left here struggling to cope. You’re despicable and cruel. How could you?”

She hates me.

“I told you why I left. I didn’t want to! Did my letters not mean anything to you? Show that I love you still, that I always have?”

She stills. “What letters?”

She must be j...

you tell yourself you’re ready for it. that it won’t hurt as much because you expected it, planned for it. but of course it hurts. it rips you apart and tears you down until you’re crying in your bed in the middle of the night just asking why why why. it’ll take some time but eventually you’ll realise you’re okay, you’re alive, you made it through, and you’re stronger. heartbreak hurts but we carr...

This can’t be happening. Not really. I’ve watched shows and movies, read the articles, but never thought I would seriously be working at a bank while it gets robbed. Sure enough I’m crouching on the ground with all the other customers while guns are being waved over our heads. The fear is a lot more pronounced in person. The lady beside me is quietly hyperventilating and almost everyone has tears ...

I stopped counting days long ago. There’s no point, and I lost count years ago. I haven’t had the need. I’ve made a home here, a life. Russel is enough company. I’ve found peace here....

“Contender number twelve. Step forward.”

I want to throw up. There’s nothing in my stomach to throw up. I step a shaky foot forward onto the dusty ground. The presenter voice booms over the stadium and all of my senses are overwhelmed at once. The crowd roars as my opponent waltzes into the arena and I swear I’m going to faint.

“Let the game begin.” A horn sounds and my opponent charges towards ...

In a room full of people, I’m all alone. None of them would notice if I left. If I disappeared. They wouldn’t ask. I look around at them, silent in my head. No one knows me. Not like how I know myself. And it’s so incredibly lonely....