Jane takes a bite of the cookie in her hand. She closes her eyes and smiles as she eats it.

When she opens her eyes, her face drops. There’s a note on the windshield of her car.

She scans the parking lot.

No one.

Everyone else had left already. She’d stayed back to wrap up some last minute work. The note could have been from anyone.

“I know your secret”.

How do they know? How could the...

I watch as the coffin lowers into the ground.

It’s raining and crowded.

Someone is speaking about him. His legacy. The good he did in the world.

People are crying.

I’m not.

If they knew what I knew, they wouldn’t be either.

He’s finally in the ground.

Seven years and he’s finally in the ground.

It only took a heart attack.

I don’t buy it.

I need to know for sure.

It’s getting...

I use my stapler a lot. I work with a lot of paper and it needs a lot or organisation and filing done. That’s why I noticed straight away when my stapler was missing. I could have just gone to the stationary cupboard and found a new one but I really liked MY stapler. It had cute stickers on thanks to my daughter’s wonderful decorations. I browsed my coworkers desks to see if someone had borrowed i...

October 4th:

I’m going on my first date with Harold tonight!! I can’t believe he asked me out, I’m so excited. He hasn’t told me where he’s taking me yet, but I don’t care. Wherever we go will be perfect if he’s there.

Betty

October 5th:

That was a mess. I think she hates me. I know she hates me. There’s no way I’m getting a second date. I was so nervous and I said all the wrong things. She w...

My hand slipped. That’s how this started. That’s all it was. It’s not something that would usually freak me out. But this time was different. This time it did. When I looked down, I wasn’t thrilled by far how I’d come, I was scared of how far I could fall. To be perfectly honest, the thrill of the fall is usually what I like about this. It’s probably why I’m up here today.

I’ve never had asthma ...

It’s not like I’m new here. I’ve been here for a while, probably too long. I’ve sat by as countless coworkers have moved on to better things. I hadn’t really thought about what comes after this. I don’t think I even considered there to be ‘better things’. There definitely has to be. Being here so long, things start becoming automatic or second nature. It’s hard to focus when that happens. Hard to ...

The room I’m in is dark, but I can still see the metal contraption in front of me. It looks like a glorified dentists chair.

There’s a harness for what I presume is going to be my head and wrist straps.

I don’t want to step into it but I don’t have a choice.

I have to do this.

I lower myself into the contraption.

The man next to me straps my wrists in and tightens the harness around my ...

INT. OFFICE - DAY

CHARLES, 38, leans over and whispers to GARY, 22, across the gap between their desks.

Charles:

I heard that Blake took the last cookie.

Gary’s jaw drops as his brows furrow. He speaks a little too loud.

Gary:

You’re kidding! We’ve been saving that for days!!

Charles cowers and shushes Gary. Gary clasps his mouth.

Gary:

It was going to be for Trix when she got back from ...

It’s been two weeks since it started. Sometimes it happens at night, sometimes when I’m stressed and sometimes exactly when I need it. It’s like a chance to breath. A chance to gather my thoughts and just take a moment to slow down. Time is frozen. Everyone else is still, cars and birds are frozen in spot. Everything is still except me. Sometimes it goes quickly but sometimes it lasts for what fee...

I awaken from a rest as a deep vibration sends a shiver up my spine as my hairs pull from my arms. The blinding white slowly fades into darkness before moonlight gushes over a small pond in front of me. The dark forest surrounds me wholly as light sparkles from the water in front of me. I blink hard before my feet feel wet. I look down and see myself standing in the water. The water isn’t rising b...