THEN “When this is all over, I’d be glad to get my sanity back” she said, as she looked to him across the wide expanse of space, her hair first floating in front of her face, in a manner similar to how it would appear if it were underwater, then…

GRAND PRIX Tommy rounded the curve in a swerve, drifting way too far off the track, and for a moment he was inches away from the steel guard rails, so close that if it had been made of glass, he would have been able to see clearly the freckles on…

I was having another bad dream, the contents of which terrified me while I lay in my new bed. These scary dreams seem to have increased of late, and I still cannot pinpoint why. …

I didn’t wake up instantly. For a while, my consciousness was still soaked in and partly immersed in a dreamless sleep, lingering in between two worlds. But then suddenly I felt it again, and my eyes snapped open, and I was wide awake. It was pitch dark in my room……

There it was again…. another letter. I looked upstream, and peered as far as I could see, but I saw nothing that could tell me where it came from. I looked back down again at the little paper boat floating languidly yet purposefully along the currents, soon to pass me…

I opened my eyes. There was no grogginess in them. I was instantly alert and aware of my surroundings… and my chains. …

For most people, life is all about fitting in, about being part of something. Society celebrates individuals, and individual achievements, but society covertly demands conformists, people who would toe the line, fit into a group, people who wear an easily identifiable tag. …

I took a walk to visit my neighbour Mr. Cosmas across the road. He was at the back of his residence in his garden which he first started planting a couple of months ago. Every evening and very early most mornings, he’s always in his garden either weeding or watering…

We could hear them coming in through the woods, but we didn’t look back. No one dared looked back. To look back would be to waste valuable time; time which could mean the difference between life and death. We only ran faster. Our hearts pounded in our chest, not just…