The monkey was staring at me.
I looked away, stepping aside to give it a wide berth. Making eye contact with animals always made me nervous since I knew some thought eye contact was a sign of
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The monkey was staring at me.
I looked away, stepping aside to give it a wide berth. Making eye contact with animals always made me nervous since I knew some thought eye contact was a sign of
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When an unexpected incident occurs in one's life, is it purely a once-in-a-blue-moon event? Or is there a deeper, hidden meaning waiting to be discovered? Allow me to recount such an encounte ... [+]
It was raining. Two men in long coats walked side by side, hands in pockets, faces behind upturned collars. The street they were on was empty except for them, their path flanked by a long row of ... [+]
One morning, after a long night of troubled dreams, a cockroach awoke to unusual sensations. At first, as if still thinking it all a dream, it stood for some moments in a pleasant stupor, regarding ... [+]
"Doctor, what's wrong with her." Six-year-old Hazel shifts uncomfortably, like a convict in an interrogation chair, as her mother rattles off her symptoms. It sounds like she's dying, afflicted ... [+]
I have been long exalted as the explorer of the forgotten. I traverse the chilliest peaks and the most blistering of jungles to exhume the secrets of past civilisations. My bedroom is littered with ... [+]
Robert and Mary Jones's house sits on Tuffnell Park Road, number 134A. Mostly a gift from Mary's family, but Robert had a couple of dimes saved up from the yard where he worked back in 1923. The ... [+]
It was the middle of the night, and the boy tinkered still.
Alone, nested in the heartwood of a great World Tree, far removed from any semblance of civilisation – the boy tinkered.
A
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Once in a blue moon, the sea forgot its boundaries and crept into our homes. Not like the hurricanes that howled and thrashed, no, this was gentle, as if the ocean had grown weary of its solitude ... [+]
I don't owe the force anything. Think of this as a personal favour. Partner to partner. Our partnership ended long ago. Now if you excu- If it ain't a partner you see me as, then ... [+]
Erin Beckett wasn't scared of most things. She loved roller coasters, she was the designated bug killer at home even with three older brothers. When the offense of the other team came speeding ... [+]
Crowds gathered at Wakai port, the heart of the Togean archipelago on Sulawesi island, eagerly awaiting the ferry's departure at 5 PM. By 4, anticipation had begun to morph into impatient ... [+]
Everyone gets a wish granted to them once in a lifetime. Manifesting as a shooting star in the night sky, it lasts for a total of three days before it fades away into obscurity, forgotten and ... [+]
There's a scene that comes to mind when I'm on the train.
It's a blurry haven of spring weather, and I'm walking down the cobbled pavement with wired earphones blasting my usual mix. Step by
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The moon was never blue. It was December. The moon hung low, an eerie blue hue casting shadows across the dimly lit room. He stared at it through the window, hands trembling slightly as his ... [+]