This Place or the Next

I couldn’t remember if the gun in my hand was loaded. That is where my mind went. Not to the jungle around me. Or the screaming in the distance. Not even to the hazmat suit I was wearing or the fact I was naked under it. No. The first thing I noticed was the MP5...

Old Man Jasper

A single man controls the entire world. No decision is made without his say. The thing is, he doesn’t know he’s the ruler. All he knows is these men in suits come to his house every Saturday and ask him strange questions. “Gentlemen, gentlemen. Come on...

Vanishing Act

Diana was three when she first vanished during hide-and-seek.  It took me hours to find her. And let’s be clear—no three-year-old is good at hiding. So after too many games that ended with me giving up, I strapped a camera to her head. What I saw that day still haunts...