It has been weeks since I’ve been fed. Whenever I remind Sauron I am a human being too, he slaps me. My pride has been shattered. I thought my life was going to be different outside of Berlin. Instead, these wounds don’t seem to heal. My back is broken from all the heavy lifting the beast makes me do. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” That’s what people call me. It wasn’t always like this.
Read MoreAt eight years old, my two biggest priorities were shopping at Limited Too and listening to Jesse McCartney with my best friend, Jessica. It didn't surprise my parents when I told them on a Saturday that it was absolutely necessary that I break family night to invite Jessica over so we could watch the Kids Choice Awards together. Since Jesse McCartney was hosting, WE HAD TO WATCH IT OR ELSE SOMEONE WAS GOING TO PAY THE PRICE!
Read MoreHe is on the road to work. “What is it going to be today?” he asks himself. Everyday is the same. Everything is the same. Everything is repeating. “Where am I?” he asks himself. “Am I going the right way?” He must be, he thinks, because he is going to work. “Hey A!” he yells out. It is A, “But, I am A. Who am I calling?” he asks himself. “Whatever. It doesn’t matter. I’m going to work, right? If I am going to work, everything is fine.”
Read MoreI never understood why people compared feelings to seasons. Someone will casually tell you “feelings change like seasons” as an excuse to break your heart. I always felt that feelings were too complex to be compared to something as simple as nature. Nature is predictable; you always know which season will come next. Feelings, on the other hand, can’t be trusted; you never know what’s coming next until it arrives.
Read More"What is this thing?" She said, with great fear in her eyes.
Read MoreI went into the house and stood in the center of what must have been once the living room. It was quite. Maybe too quite. Just like in the horror movies, before the murderer attacks.
Read MoreI went into the house and stood in the center of what must have been once the living room. The house was lonely and dark.
Read MoreIt was a year since we got married. Things were going fine. We were working and playing our roles. Since I got married I had to stop moving to work from one city to another, because my husband, Harry, was working in the same store as a clerk for years now, and I did not want to make him change something in his life. Harry is an indecisive person, and it would be too much for him to take on such a change. Harry was always like that, but I found a way to solve this problem: our marriage became a series of plays. However, after one year in the marriage, we faced bigger problems.
Read MoreYou wake up to find yourself in a new universe. There are no tears, no pain...
Read MoreBefore she realized it, she was already down a dark hole out of which she could not emerge...
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