It was Emma’s first time babysitting for the Millers, whose house sat quietly at the edge of town. The kids were asleep by nine. The house was large, creaky, but peaceful—until Emma got a text from Mrs. Miller. “Everything okay? Did he try to come inside yet?” Emma blinked.“Who?” she replied. No answer. Then came […]
Month: March 2025
This hasn’t achieved much: They killed the Hamas leader. The Israeli Air Force struck Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, with missiles. The extremist Palestinian group immediately declared revenge against Israel. Just because they killed the leader doesn’t mean the organization will die; they support the ideas behind it… and now, I think, […]
Title: “The Reflection” Every night at 3:00 AM, Lily would wake up and see her reflection staring back at her from the old vanity mirror across the room. Except… she wasn’t sitting up. She was still lying in bed. The first night, she blamed sleep paralysis.The second night, she tried recording it, but her phone […]
Tonight, my wife and I went to a restaurant. We had a date you see. And guess what we ordered? The same food as before. It was rice, meat, and vegetables, all made in a special way. My wife regretted picking that food but I did not mind. I have a tendency to order the […]
Today, we went for our first 3D ultrasound scan. We were both excited and nervous — excited because we couldn’t wait to see our baby and find out the gender, and nervous because, more than anything, we were hoping everything would be healthy and normal. The scan took place in a pleasantly cool, dimly lit […]
Every night at 9:00 PM, the old innkeeper lit a single candle in Room 6, though no one had stayed there in years. Locals whispered about the room being cursed, but the innkeeper just smiled and said, “Some guests are harder to check out than others.” One stormy evening, a soaked traveler stumbled in. All […]
Yes, I would say everyone is growing and our views on the word is changing. I thought about things differently than now. I was interested in other things than now. I liked other things than now. Our opinion can change. But this is part of life and I am not saying this is a bad […]