I was almost friends with a monster when I was eleven years old. I would have preferred a human friend, but my family had just moved to a new city where everyone was cold and distant. My father promised that I would meet new people at school, but there were still a few weeks of summer and I had nothing to do.
Month: October 2018
My self-help tape told me to kill myself
I hate my job.
I hate selling days of my life while barely earning enough to sustain it. I hate my boss who tells me I’m lucky to find stable work in such an uncertain world. I hate my friends who treat dreams like an unfortunate symptom of youth that need to be outgrown.
Xenophobia
Patient Name: Jordan Malone
Age: 42
Sex: Male
Diagnosis: Xenophobia
Time of death: To be determined
Heart Eater
I’d already found the engagement ring my boyfriend Niles hid in his sock drawer. Now he was taking me on a romantic weekend getaway with a private dinner at the base of a waterfall. It was supposed to be the best day of my life, but now he’s dead and it’s all my fault.
The Book of Fate
There’s an old man who claims to be my grandfather, but I don’t believe him. Both my parents have warned me not to talk to him, but it’s difficult because he’s always waiting for me on my walk to high school.