"When the time comes, be ready".

Those were her last words to me, and I still regret what I did.

On the afternoon of February 29th, at precisely 1:45 p.m., our plane entered turbulence - as we had been told. As a stewardess with seventeen years of experience, I can assure you that this happens all the time in the sky. In fact, most of the time, the passengers are entirely unaware of sudden airflow...

The room smelled of old age and decay.

William didn’t want to let anyone even slightly suspect that he found this rotten smell oddly satisfying, so he coughed dramatically, covered his nose with a checkered handkerchief, and stepped in.

The place was crowded with mourning family members; some women crying, and some men blatantly staring at the floor. A woman in what appeared to be her late eightie...

Grow up, do the talking

Be kind, don’t give up

Break through, better dying

Than dumb.

The tales they keep telling,

The deeds that they preach,

They don’t pursue things

That they teach.

They keep this delusion

But don’t take the blame -

Think twice, they’re guiding

This game....

Ordinary people have ordinary senses. Not that I am judgemental of them, don’t get me wrong. When it comes to taste, they can, of course, feel salt, or sugar, or fat. Some can even distinguish white pepper from black. But can they see the beauty in a fresh Sicilian tuna carpaccio, subtle and delicate, like Monet’s water lilies? Can they read the story behind a Lancashire hotpot, which sings of a t...

So you’ll just let her go? Just like that? The only person who cared about you, even in your darkest hour? Ah, so you’re better off alone now, right! Guess what? I’ve also had enough! Ever since our first meeting, you were a selfish, incompetent fool who only cared about his profit! I still remember that day you pushed your little brother off the stairs just because he got that animated puppet for...

There was a collective gasp of dread and concern.

"I’m fine. It’s not my blood", Laura squeezed out in a voice almost joyful. She was trembling and smiling stupidly, keeping "I’m fine, I’m really fine" on repeat. And then, faster than anyone could take a breath, she fainted, her pale body dropping on the floor and her head hitting the corner of a nightstand with a loud thud.

We exchanged looks t...

He didn't like the rain, although where he lived, a day described by those noisy streams of falling water was considered pretty much a nice day. And more so, it was on the most important day in Horrorsville, All Horrors Eve. But he wasn’t a typical horror. He didn't like the evil madness of the celebration, denizens being particularly mean to each other this day, and that was, well, the reason why...