A lump formed in my throat, tears welling in the corner of my eyes at the scene before me. This was real, reality, my reality. And he was gone, going to go. If the suitcase in his hand was any indication of his decision, before he’d even told me, before… we even talked.

I feel like an idiot, I showed up to his home, and of course he’d let me in, but it was so empty, and devoid of the life that r...

05/12/2024

Dear diary,

I’m sorry, I feel the need to apologize right off the bat because I probably won’t be keeping track of this but let’s give it a try.

I’ve never owned a diary in my life, but I’ve started seeing a therapist and she’s told me to start keeping a diary because my memory issues worry her. It would worry me as well if I hadn’t been living like this for what seems like my entire li...

“Hey, so I only got a few minutes, like maybe ten minutes and unfortunately, just like those demigods in your book, I can’t totally give you a straight answer, but I can give you a prophecy of sorts,” there was an awkward smile on her face, she looked so ridiculous with these big gauges, I couldn’t help but to gawk.

“If you’re me, tell me something that only I know.” I challenged her. She hardly ...

Heart pounding in her ears, her breathing felt shallow, all around her she saw flashes of blue and white bustling around, monitors beeping and screeching in her ears. Her eyes were wide and dazed, staring at a spot in the distance, just above the nurses station, staring but not seeing, her leg bouncing rapidly against the bed, chattering noises blending with the machine’s screeching and phones rin...

My heart sank to my stomach. “Oh, no.” I realized the grief stricken words came out of my mouth when I see her demeanor change from shock to outrage. She was right to feel that way, but this was why I had taken a gap year. Okay, well, it wasn’t the original reason, but it was why my gap year had been a little longer than a year. I don’t think any of us have the insight to realize how much of an as...

My heart sank to my stomach. “Oh, no.” I realized the grief stricken words came out of my mouth when I see her demeanor change from shock to outrage. She was right to feel that way, but this was why I had taken a gap year. Okay, well, it wasn’t the original reason, but it was why my gap year had been a little longer than a year. I don’t think any of us have the insight to realize how much of an as...

A tear fell down her cheek as she slowly laid in the grass, her arms outstretched, taking in the falling sun, while she caught her breath. Her chest rose and fell rapidly and another tear soon followed the first. Then another, and soon, sobs were racking her body.

She was sure she was safe. She’d been running, running far and fast, and now she could feel the pain in the soles of her bare feet, t...

There was an original beginning of this story. It’s a long story, so I’ll start at the beginning of this night. I realized this night was the hunt when I saw the robot, but I didn’t flee. Instead, I kept going. 

Ah, let me start a little further back. 

This started because I went into a Walmart to get some sweatpants and a few other things. My heart was pounding. The robot had taken my keys from m...

Her mouth was hanging open in shock, shaking her head as she looked down to the ground where blood and guts and body parts were strewn about, seeing little to no ground. They were high school lovers, now in their late 20s. They’d been through everything together. Even college, deaths of loved ones, and being far apart. It felt like they were inseparable.

She never really got along with her family...

“Disgraceful.” I heard, muttered from an elderly woman dressed in a floral shirt and a skirt way too big for her hips.

“Godless heathen.” Hissed a man in his late 20s, early 30s, looking like a jock that never left high school.

“F**.” I tensed at that word. My heart stopped, my breath caught, as I flinched. I hoped he hadn’t noticed, but a smirk from his face told me otherwise.

Taking a long...