He's Going to Kill Me_Notes from Chni Wohn_A Departure and a Return_A woman called Mom
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He's Going to Kill Me
When we had received the invitation, I knew that something suspicious was afoot. It had been a normal day, but that dark red enveloppe sticking out of our old rusting mailbox ruined all hope for further peace of mind. This realization had struck me after having read the sender’s name and address. I was hit with a sudden sense of fear and terror, attempting to destroy the envelope before my wife could catch sight of it. To my dismay, she had seized the paper from my hand before giving me a chance to think and read through it, expressing a great sense of joy as she went along. Apparently, we wer...
Notes from Chni Wohn
March 20, 20487:14amCCP Police Station Beijing, ChinaIt has now been 16 hours since I was arrested.I have been given no food or water since I arrived.I am sitting on one of the lumpy cots in the holding cell of the Police Station, where I have been detained.Over the final 4 hours I have been interrogated, questioned, and shouted at. I have not been allowed to sleep.They have searched me twice and gone through my bag. Luckily the trunk had already been loaded on to the plane, and, before they had found out, it was out of there reach.But they found the Passports, and the 500,000. This aroused th...
A Departure and a Return
As a child, my dad, Kane Hot, told me the story of how the family business began. My great-grandfather, Dan Hot, founded the first Steamin Hot restaurant when he first got married to my great grandmother, Ellen. The two served the community hot and fresh meals every day and provided a space for enjoyment through troubling times. After several successful years, they made enough to build a larger restaurant in Oakville, where my dad learned from his father. My dad was seasoned and carried me by his side when I was born. I couldn't help but learn a thing or two, which made me a phenomenal cook an...
A woman called Mom
Trigger warning: violence, self harm, mental illness.My aunt Beth withdrew the contents of the package we received from mukobeko maximum security prison a few days earlier.Right after the declaration of a mass execution of death row inmates following the discovery of one hundred and fifty five heads of teenage boys in the basement of a prominent business man's farm house just on the outskirts of Lusaka."timro daka" an act of suspected ritual killings. Ritual killings:( the act of mutilating body parts or killing of people in a particular way similar to serial killings, for the purpose of sacri...