2020 is a shitty year. The pandemic forced everyone to stay inside their homes, lest be a possible victim of the highly contagious, and in some cases, fatal coronavirus. In my case though, it wasn’t only COVID-19 that made me stay at home, but also unemployment. As a s…
The sun painted half his face with bright, yellow-orange light; the other with deep, dark shadows. As I looked at him, he stared down below, at the colorful houses and their technicolor roofs and walls. The setting fire softened the usually vivid hues of blues, green…
The Angel of Death didn’t expect to be that sad because of what happened. She’d been in the business of reaping souls for millennia and while she tried not to pay close attention to any of the spirits she guided, some left a mark on her. Pan and Kim were two of those. …
PROLOGUE: Parallel Versions, Parallel Universes Hin was lying on the grass, with his head on my lap, while I was sitting; we were both watching the night sky filled with stars. It was our annual getaway trip. It began as a whim, but then we found how rewarding it was t…
PART TWO: Don’t Wake Me, I’m Sleeping In I woke up to see Hin watching me. He smiled and I got embarrassed. We’d been together for so many years, but him watching me sleep still made me feel more naked than I actually was. “Stop looking at me,” I said as I shielded my …
PART THREE: I Am Finally Seeing Why I Was The One Worth Leaving I was making brownies for Hin when someone knocked on our apartment door. “Hin, could you get that?” I called. I saw him stand from the living room couch he was in, where he was reading his book, and heard…
PART FOUR: We'll Cut Our Bodies Free From the Tethers of This Scene It was during his second week of stay when Parallel New asked me about this universe’s New. We were both in the living room, reading our separate books. The question came out of nowhere that it too…