Never try to cheat the wrong people
Gary was an oddball, a weirdo. His jokes always went a bit too far and too dark. I got to know him after joining a Skype chat for aspiring online entrepreneurs. We were both enthusiastic about earning a living online and make it big one day. Like me, Gary was ...
The Thirsty Boar
“Come on, admit it!” “Shut up, Steve! No, nothing happened that night.” “Oh really? That’s not what Jay told me!” “Well, too bad he isn’t here.” Steve sighed audibly. “Yeah, things would be much more fun with him around,” he pressed out in overplayed outrage. As he took the lead ...
True Human Potential
It had all started with an obsession for talk shows in my teenage years. Back then, I couldn’t get enough of them. The audience, the mundane topics, the drama that unfolded in each show, it was terrific. It was years later, during a studio tour, that I learned about audience ...
The Man in the Storm
Prison is no pleasant place, especially not for new guys like me. That’s not important though. I’m only allowed to use the computer and access the internet for so long. What’s important is how I ended up here. It’s a story that needs telling. Until a month ago, I was ...
Stephan de Preaulx, Violinist Extraordinaire
Many people wonder what it would be like to be famous, to be a star. I guess it’s the reason casting and talent shows became so popular in the early 2000s. It was a sort of wish fulfillment, plain and simple. By that time, I’d worked in the television industry ...
Old Rain Man
“Creepy man! Creepy man! Old Rain Man! Old Rain Man!” my childish voice echoed through the humid air. The target of my anxious shouts was Old Rain Man. He was a sort of village curiosity, the local boogeyman. The origin of his name was as simple as it gets: the ...
Mushroom hunting
Memory. It’s such a strange thing. We never truly forget, it’s only the connections that erode and eventually vanish. Yet, if we’re able to restore the connections, then we also get back the memory, we thought lost. The process can be triggered by returning to places of significance. We might ...
I still hope my friend is just playing a trick on me…
Do you know that strange feeling when something happens that makes no sense? I’m sure most of you can recall moments like that. It usually happens for just a brief moment before we remember the one piece of the puzzle that explains it all. I’ve been searching for this one ...
Noisy Neighbors
"God, you are such an idiot Tom!" "Shut up, Sue!" I could hear their exchange from the other side of the wall and the laughter following it. Noisy neighbors, we all know them and I am sure many of you have their own first-hand experiences. They come in all types ...
Fetish Webcam
I have always been a bit of a weirdo, even as a kid. It was the macabre and the disturbing that fascinated me. I grew up reading about serial killers and watching violent movies. When I hit puberty, I found an entirely new set of interests. Sure, I was as ...
