As expected, I saw another disgusting pile of my roommate’s hair clogging the shower drain. Irritated, I started to forcefully pull the strands out only to hear someone’s screams of pain screech out from the drain pipe.
Hair of The Dog
I woke up about 11 a.m. with my head pounding and my mouth dry. I’m still amazed the blood splattered all around the room and not on me.
society
– Greetings Sir, may I ask You to fill out these application forms, We would like to know Your identity for, well, You see, there are a lot of Anonymouses around here and We are uncomfortable and so We would like to know which one are you?
– I am one of them.
Look Back
You suddenly feel the cold shiver run up your spine. But you still won’t turn your head to look back.
Anonymous
I received a text from an anonymous number, and when I read it, it said:
“What’s your name, little girl? I’d like to know who I’m looking at.”
Matters of the Heart
My ex-husband told me that he would steal my heart again.
It now sits in a jar on his nightstand.
Her Mother
My five year old daughter asks her mother to read her a bedtime story every night.
Her mother died five years ago in childbirth.
Patriot
Three men, total strangers to each other, sat in the buffet-car of the Bangkok express as it hurtled through the night toward Kuala Lumpur.
“Looks pretty good, doesn’t it?” One of the men, an Englishman, waved his hand towards the silver-washed jungle as the Frenchman nodded in agreement and only the Australian remained silent, confident and knowing.
Black Listed
It was the second leg after a 36 hour layover. We hit it off straight away, laughing raucously, as the flight attendant kept bringing us free wine.
I smiled as I watched the lady scold herself for being so scared when that stupid black cat had jumped in front of her in that dark alley. That smile turned into a grin when I realized she hadn’t noticed me standing right behind her.
Monsters in the closet
“Dad, there are monsters in my closet!” He replies, “I know, son.”
Truth is more horrific than fiction
Most girls first memories are of being given a bottle, or rocked to sleep.
Mine is of being raped.
Peter None
I was dancing in the studio alone, practicing Wendy’s part for our upcoming school play, when the music suddenly stopped. I was about to fix the sound system when I noticed that a dark shadow continued to dance just beside my reflection in the mirror, which surely wasn’t Peter Pan’s.
Well, you are…
They say you are what you eat. According to his driver’s license, I’m now Virginia Resident ‘John Tuckett’.
A Lotta Heart
They always said she had a big heart. It’s true, I can’t fit my hand around the damn thing.
Kidding Aside
“Wow, your kid’s all grown up!” I said smiling and waving at the little girl who was grinning at me from the sofa. My friend, who I have not visited for years and who suddenly looked like she had a stiff neck, carefully asked me, “You see her, too?”
The Worst Prank
When the basketball team I’ve placed a $100 bet on won in the last minute of the game, I jumped out of my seat in celebration and chest-bumped my best buddy who was also rejoicing beside me.
Realizing what just happened, I abruptly stopped smiling and gaped at my late prankster of a friend who exclaimed, “I finally got you, man! You thought I was still alive, didn’t you?”
The Plea
The little girl kept on crying, pleading and muttering, “I don’t wanna die, please, I don’t wanna die…”
I sighed at the sight of her and wondered how to let her know it’s already too late.
GIFs
One night, I received an email of a cartoon GIF with an animated boy crying and tearing blood.
As I was just about to delete the email, I noticed little drops of blood on my keyboard.
Confession
I closed the door, knelt, and said, “Forgive me father, for I have sinned.” He slid the screen aside and reached through the opening as he told me that there is no heaven.