I was a witness to the events which will be relayed in the following paragraphs. It was evening and my brother and I had just finished eating supper. I was in my mid-twenties, my brother was in his early twenties and at the time, we lived together in a small, two-bedroom apartment built in the [...]
Charles Hartley was an ordinary gentleman of the late nineteenth century. He was by no means a poor man and was never modest about showing off his good fortune. For the wealth that Charles possessed, although inherited from his recently deceased father, he was rather young at only the age of twenty-five. One evening in [...]
It was already dark out and the house was dimly lit. My house, which had been built by my father in 1823, had never been furnished with electricity. If I wanted any light at all during the night hours, I had to rely solely on candlelight. I had only lit one candle that night in [...]
¶ The Rust
To Whomever May Find This: I let my crew down and I let myself down. As captain of our fishing boat, I should have taken more responsibility for my crew. I was panicked though. Scared shitless as they say. I couldn’t have more than I did. Or could I have? I’m currently writing this account [...]
“I see strange things,” Seth McLeod told his psychiatrist. “What are these strange things you see, Mr. McLeod?” Dr. Willis asked his patient, who was sitting on a red leather couch directly in front of him. “I don’t really know. They are…well…they float, anyway.” Seth said, moving his blind eyes as though he was looking [...]
1 There I sat. In the darkness. Alone. My child had just died and I sat near his grave. I lifted my head and looked at the stars. There was a light breeze which I could feel in my hair. The sky was clear and all of the stars were bright and wonderful. They were [...]
