The ghost will come for me tonight.

To survive, I need that gallon of bleach.

Mix it with the blood of cock, a cow’s liver, and a cat’s furball.

Then, pour it in the bathtub and fill the rest of the way up with hot water.

Yes, the fumes are toxic, but better alive than dead.

Plus, I can leave the fan on for ventilation.

As the cashier rang me up, my survival plan reiterated in my head for th...

There is a contentment and satiety that comes with everyday hugs with someone you love and trust.

When you’re hungry or tired, a hug makes it all better. You realize that you’re not actually hungry, or that you were just stressed out.

The warmth of another body and the stable pressure.

The slightly sweet scent of freshly laundered clothes.

The safety of hiding cheek and neck on another’s shoul...

I’ve become a dad.

It was a magical moment when my daughter came out wrapped in a cute bundle.

As the world blurred along with my daughter in my arms, I felt embarrassed to be moved to tears for the first time in my adulthood.

“You look happy.”

My wife teased from the hospital bed despite her face being blanched from blood loss.

I blinked dry the dampness from my eyes.

“You worked hard, hone...

My desire is simple.

I want justice.

For all the victims and all the perpetrators.

It burns like a flame.

And grows into a wildfire....

A fly?

I woke up in the middle of the night to a buzzing sound in one ear.

Turning on the lights, I searched the room but no fly.

It was in my ear.

Turning off the lights, I put the ear that was buzzing on the pillow to dull the sound.

It was still too loud.

Sighing, I got up to syringe my compacted ear with warm water.

“Gah!”

A wriggling worm was in the sink along with a clump of earwax.

...

I started noticing it last week.

One night, when I was closing my window blinds, a drone was flying just outside my house on the street.

The next night, it was just hovering above the sidewalk.

I had wondered if it was a neighbour’s drone, and whether they were spying on their neighbours.

The evening after, the drone was hovering over our driveway.

I felt creeped out, but I shut the window bl...

Tap tap tap

Goes our fingers.

Tap tap tap

Goes our feet.

Impatience,

Boredom,

Lack of

Dopamine.

Need an out

From this low.

Give us more

Adrenaline.

A hundred times

Faster than

Our previous

Generation.

A thousand times

More processing

Of new

Information.

The speed,

That’s needed

To navigate

Today’s world.

Sucks out

Everything

From our

Soul....

Jars of body parts immersed in green liquid. Eyeballs, lips, teeth, hands, and even chunks of flesh and bone.

The distinct scent of formaldehyde.

“Like my souvenirs? They were the most attractive parts of every date.”...

Martin walked haggardly through the deserted streets.

For his ill wife, he would brave the dangerous Old Town.

She had begged him not to go that evening. Even though she was dying.

Refusing to give in, his wife had asked him why he wouldn’t stay safe and just let her die peacefully.

With tears in his eyes and a pained expression, Martin had brazenly answered her.

‘Because you’re my everything...

Oh how tired I am, I lament,

For it is the dreaded tax season.

Which means it’s time to

Calculate every dollar and cent.

‘Tis the season to fuss and stress,

Over all the important details.

Without the cheer, it’s way worse than

Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I downloaded all the PDFs

Of various financial statements.

Then I compiled the endless numbers,

And grinded through all the checks.

At last t...