In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range

The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration.

The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.

[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.

Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I've learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next. Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you've taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!

In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range

Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.