Starvation. That's what people on the other side of the world faced. Keith read about it everyday in the news. He read a physical newspaper everyday with a cappuccino . Somehow K Man the barista convinced him to order a tall black.

The news felt less enjoyable alongside this abomination of...

Most people's lives, most of the times, were delusions. It usually wasn't until the end of it that anyone saw things truthfully. That's why Tulsa skipped the middle of people's lives. There was no point seeing the meaningless middle. It was all noise.  mind loops. Fixations on anxieties. What a...

It was a cool day. Made him not enjoy the  vape as much. Balmy summer days he could hit the magic all day err day. Would kill his throat, but fuck he would take another hit gladly.

In the cold, he'd rather keep his fingers warm.

He was driving his car over...

Maxxx was confused. Why would James send him that photo. Maxxx wasn't stupid. He didn't follow the news, but when three people died locally then you couldn't not hear about it. Especially when you worked at a  diner .

A lot of people talked here. Talked a lot. They wouldn't shut...

The new car made the perfect getaway. Tinted windows. As dark as legally possible. Michelin tires. A nondescript beige color. 300 horses under the roof. Henry also had made sure that the gas tank was full. Not that Big Joe and his lackey would need the full tank to get...

He picked it up nervous. When he turned it around there were no words on it. He had expected some kind of note.

He didn't know what to do next. Call her again. He did that. But nobody answered on the other line. He was not surprised by that.

What to do...

Even though he was fired... it turned out his company paid for those 4,000 hours he clocked.

At his 35 dollars an hour rate, that amounted to 140 grand. Not bad.

He would take a year off from work. Travel. He'd break up with Crazy Meghan first thing.

Yes. Maybe he'd meet a...

She was crazy. Her name was Meghan. She wouldn't allow her dog to ever be alone. Her boyfriend Jeff never could understand. He worked construction. Worked a lot of hours. So it got on his nerves. He fantasized about leaving the dog home alone. One day he would do it....

Cal ended up taking a bunch of pills. He was dead by morning. Marianna didn't know how to feel about it. She was unhappy with the relationship. But now that he had killed himself she was filled with guilt. The few people still left in her life consoled her. Told...

Few days passed. Nothing came to mind.

Then weeks.

First she was anxious to come up with something to say. But then she came okay with this. She would be okay not coming up with something to say for years. Whenever it was that she finally figured out how to reach out...