Kit, Is That You?_The Ultimate Paradox_A window salvaged._How The War Began
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Kit, Is That You?
The lights were flashing different colors as the music intensified. He stood and watched the house from across the street. At least one night a week, this house was jumping with people. He often saw it as he walked by. The front door was always open and he could see inside. There were always a stream of people flowing in and out like a river that can't make up its mind. And every night he would look over at the house as he passed by. Tonight, the music was loud and the lights shined and dimmed sporadically. People wobbled about occasionally holding a plastic cup in their hand, snacking on foo...
The Ultimate Paradox
**Be nice to me, this is my first story**CW/TW: Suicide, self harm, sexual assault mentions 9:39am Everything was bright. Too bright. This world didn’t make sense to her. She sat there on the ledge, looking at her own fingers and seeing them, really seeing them for the first time. Shriveled, though she can’t have been any older than 16 (Although sometimes she wasn’t so sure). She was a monster. She knew that much was true, but somehow, for some reason, seeing it as true was the final break of the camel’s spine. A soda straw, but not for drinking soda anymore. She knew she couldn’t have been b...
A window salvaged.
“Art should always be placed at eye level,” she said, straightening the piece she had decided upon.“www.onedoor.ccBut wouldn’t eye level be different for everyone?” my six-foot-four frame said to her five-foot-three figure.“Don’t overthink it,” she responded.I thought about that while looking at the handmade, salvaged window with ornate shutters my mother snagged from the old city of Peshawar. She hung it above the archway between the kitchen and the living room, well above anyone’s eye level. She and I happened to be in Pakistan for a family wedding when she acquired it. We had been staying at my aunt’s ...
How The War Began
Two men are walking down the street.The first man asks a question but the second man doesn’t know the answer. He doesn’t want to admit this, so he pretends he didn’t hear what was asked. Against his hope, the first man asks the question again. A little louder. A little more emphasis on the important points.Now the second man faces a dilemma. He weighs up his options and sees that he has two choices: 1、 Admit he doesn’t know the answer 2、 GuessHe chooses option number two and gives an answer he thinks seems believable. He hopes it will be left at that. He hopes they can move on.The two me...