I must have been twelve or thirteen when I first got a cell phone, and little did I know it would usher a brave new world of kaleidoscopic modern horrors into my life. No, I’m not talking about the nearly all-consuming screen addiction I’ve developed, as my phone has become more like an appendage rather than an appliance. That’s a topic for another day. Today, I’m talking about spooky chain text messages. You know, texts you’d get from a friend like, “Send this to ten friends or get visited tonight by the ghost of a precocious and murderous little girl!1!!1!!!!”
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Diving into Space
Despite not fully understanding the language, I could make out the familiar sound of a mother gently guiding her child away from the hazardous rocks. The boulders were piled up neatly at the base of the steep, flat rock wall. The cliffs surrounding the bay are one of the few forces of nature that canContinue reading “Diving into Space”
A Happy Ape
Deep within the crevices and wrinkles of my cerebellum, which is tucked snugly beneath my occipital and temporal lobes, a small bolt of electricity was generated with the express purpose of conveying a message to my inert limbs. The message, having been clumsily written by the part of the brain which resembled that of anContinue reading “A Happy Ape”
