The following is a true story. Year 2016-2017 During this time I worked at Daiso Japan and my coworkers there would say how it is haunted. They called it the “Daiso Ghost.” Now i’m a believer but i’m also a huge skeptic because I believe most things have a more Earthly explanation rather than supernatural. […]
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 5 – The Knight of Isei “I hope we have an understanding,” he said, inches away from Nonoka. She might have thought he was good looking, even charming with his perfect smile and bronze hair, if he hadn’t been currently threatening her. Secrets, he said. Everyone had them and […]
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 4 – Rinse and Repeat It was a morning like every other. Sakurano Shuhei rode in the back of the car with the streets of Kiseirei passing by the tinted windows. He kept his legs crossed as he gazed out, eyes unfocused. The shops, stores, morning commuters and clean sidewalks […]
The television blinked to life at the press of a button. The next would switch the VCR on. A little green light appeared and one more button started the sixth tape in their home movie marathon. It was a walk down memory lane and he, the Operator. The screen came to life with laughter. The […]
You’re driving. The car is a black Honda Civic and you’re going seventy down route 22. It’s a warm summer night, but you leave the windows rolled all the way up. It’s stuffy and hot. Sweat trickles down your face, your back is damp and your palms are slippery against the wheel. You press harder […]
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 3 – Waltz 10 Years Earlier – Grade 2. Yukiji got out of the car, but wasn’t quick enough to avoid saying goodbye to his mother. She walked around the car, high heels making a soft clacking noise on the pavement. In her hands was a lunch box, wrapped up […]
She peeked into the darkness of her room and saw the silver reflection of her cat’s eyes. But when she turned on the light, she found her child sitting there instead.
Royal Academy 為生学園 Episode 2 – A New Transfer Yukiji Obata liked to walk to school. He woke up at six and was out the door by seven, dressed in his white blazer, tie and black pants. “Ittekimasu,” he said as he left his house, a traditional Japanese styled manor. His route was […]
The sun set in a valley of waste. The skeletons of buildings that once stood tall stuck out of the dry dirt, like crooked fingers, reaching for the sky. The house on Ninth Street still stood. It didn’t have a roof anymore. The stairs led to empty space where bedrooms once were. The tiles of […]
Can’t sleep at night?
Zo Grimmwood 