EMPEROR
The emptiness of my house was overmatched only by the emptiness in my heart. I sat in the living room, my eyes staring at the piece of paper that I found pinned to the front door. Moisture welled up in my eyes, and the only thing I could think of, at this my lowest moment, […]
I OPENED MY EYESE
I had joined the Army when I was eighteen. I had the idea that I’d go on adventures if I were a soldier. Many of my ancestors had been soldiers, but the soldiering in my family ended abruptly with my great grandfather. I was the first to resume the tradition. My parents weren’t too keen […]
PRIEST
Late one Sunday evening, after all the masses were complete, and the last of my parishioners had made their way to their homes, I was in the rectory preparing a cup of hot chocolate. I planned to sit in my favorite chair reading my well-worn copy of Saint Augustine’s City of God. It was my […]
MERCHANTS OF DEATH
My private plane from Paris landed at JFK airport at precisely midnight. I was exhausted from a whirlwind tour of some factories my company owned in France. My father started the company at the end of the Second World War. He had been a soldier in the army and learned a lot about logistics, especially […]
PAY ATTENTION
I was fantastically famous, a born entertainer, who tore up the Hollywood scene for nearly a decade. I was brash and beautiful, and no one was more important to the world of movies and television than me. I was a queen, and everyone did my bidding. It was a dream life come true, and I […]
NOT EVERY MIRACLE IS PLEASANT
I was a banker for twenty years. It’s what I always wanted to do since I was a kid. I used to pretend to be a banker, using fake money and making pretend loans to my parents. I was good at it, and when I went to school I put all of my effort into […]
THE FOOL
A strange thing happened to me. I resolved to end my life by hanging myself from the rafters in my apartment. I will not go into the details of my despair. Suffice to say, that I came to the conclusion that my existence was meaningless and that I was better off dead than alive. Having […]