Instructions for when you fall down

Fall down. Give yourself a time to breathe. Do it then. Breathe. Feel the wind leaving your body. Exhausted. Feel life giving in and you going on. Feel the chill of summer and the heat of winter. Close your eyes. Let yourself dwell in frustration. Walk in the paths of…

We change

We change ourselves by every path we take and every choice we left behind. I was six years old once. I still can remember that feeling. Everything around was new and scary, the sort of scary that is good and noble for it takes you from the unknown to the…

The last man on Earth

He was the last person on the Earth without a Candy Crush account. This hadn’t occurred for a lack of trying nor lack of invites. His Facebook message inbox had been filled several times, over and over, with requests, notifications and messages. It was easy. Social networks had managed…

Lingering Still

I had stayed up late the day before and it showed, as my head attempted to escape in ten thousand directions at once. There was a greasy feeling in the area when I arrived. A shiny cloud of red sparks gathered up in the air, flowing like waves in the…

Merry Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas and the table was empty and lights shined across the room. The smell of roasted turkey, hot chocolate and cake filled the whole house. It was a good meal. Twas the night before Christmas but is also right now. There’s a book resting in…

Why do I watch Doctor Who?

I met the Doctor in the Summer of 2007 and from that day onwards, eight years of innocence, awe and fun began. Makes lots of sense then—to me, at least—to write about the show, and why, oh why, I’m such a fan. There are many takes on…

Takeout

It is that time of the year again. Your day. The only one in the whole three hundred and sixty and you know you have to make the most of it. You move yourself out of bed, and into those nice, neat clothes you have been saving for this occasion.…

The sound

He walked across the jungle and up to the mountains. His face tensed as he went through foliage. The sound followed him. The knock. The stirring memories that had accompanied his whole life. It had been there for as far as he remembered. When he played with his friends. At…