Television Remote Vanishes: No Leads

A chilling personal essay on dealing with loss

Joshua Skurtu
Nov 1 · 3 min read
Looking longingly out the window hasn’t helped. Not pictured: My television remote. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

It’s been nearly 46 hours since my television remote went missing. They say the first 48 hours are the most important in a case like this, but nobody is taking me serious. No search parties have formed. No candle light vigils have popped up in front of my apartment. I thought I heard people singing at one point, and my…

Joshua Skurtu

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Joshua is a writer and software developer living in St. Louis, Missouri with his daughter Olivia. He is also host of the Helheim Podcast. www.joshuaskurtu.com

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