There’s Something Extremely Strange Happening to the Teachers at My Boarding School – Part 4
While Erik was still searching for his phone, I opened Martin’s message. It was short and to the point. ‘Meet me at the west wing. I am hiding here. I noticed something strange.’ I looked over at Erik. He read the message he’d gotten and turned back to me. “What’s ...
There’s Something Extremely Strange Happening to the Teachers at My Boarding School – Part 3
There was one more class before school would finally be over. I was nervous the whole time and couldn't sit still. Daniel and Nicole, though, had chosen to completely ignore me. While our biology teacher Mr. Wolfram explained the central nervous system, I kept watching them. I waited for the ...
There’s Something Extremely Strange Happening to the Teachers at My Boarding School – Part 2
I nodded and told her what I'd noticed about Mr. Thomas and some of the other teachers. The moment I mentioned Mrs. Wolf, her eyes grew wide. "There's definitely something wrong with her! Ever since I saw her two weeks ago in the morning, I've been afraid of her!" Had ...
Real Art Always Has a Price
"God, Mathew, you don't get it, do you? That's not what real art is about." Those had been the words Abigail threw at me during our very first fight. Sitting here now, writing this, I still wonder what real art is truly about. The same uncertainty had been the very ...
Skater Girl
"So, what's your deal?" Such simple words, yet they changed the summer break of 1992 forever. They say you always remember your first love. I'm not sure how true it is for others, but I do. For all the wrong reasons. I was a lonely kid. After my parents' death, ...
I’ve Been Working at My Best Friend’s Company for over a Year. Today I Learned What We’re Really Selling.
We always think we know who our friends are. Hell, I'd known my best friend Martin for the better part of two decades. After what I saw today, I know that I had no clue who he really was and what he was capable of. I started working at his ...
“Do You Want to Play Again?”
These words hovered in front of me, just a meter above the ground. Below them were two more words. Yes. No. I looked around, bewildered, but there was nothing else there. The only thing surrounding me was an endless, blazing white. What was this? Where was I? I read the ...
A Day Ago a New Door Appeared in Our Apartment and Now Can’t Do Anything but Wait in Front of It
A day ago, reality took a nosedive, and something utterly inexplicable happened. It was a most mundane thing that should change my life and that of my girlfriend Sue forever. It was a door. Not just any door, though, a door that appeared out of nowhere in our apartment. I'd ...
There’s Something Extremely Strange Happening to the Teachers at My Boarding School – Part 1
"Hey, Mr. Thomas, look at what arrived! It's finally here!" I proudly held out 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking to our physics teacher. "Oh, that's a good one. Did you already read it, Steven?" "Only the first chapter, but man, it's so interesting! You read it, too, ...
I Catfish a Different Girl Each Night
"You fucking creep!" she screamed. I just sat there, staring at the glass of water in front of me. I was used to this type of thing by now. Things always ended up like this anyway. "Ugh, you know how freaking long it will take me to get back home?" ...
