That night, I dreamed of vaults filled with mountains of cash. Scattered here and there were also plenty of gold bars, just for variety. But that same night, I also dreamed of flashing lights and police sirens. In the dream, I was in a castle perched on a high hill. I laughed like a madman, … Read more
As I was telling you, that day I decided it was beneath my dignity as a man to keep jerking off in the bathroom. To root out the problem, I gathered up all of my mother’s fashion magazines, bundled them up, and tossed them out with the trash. It wasn’t long before my mother stormed … Read more
I watched the cigarette smoke swirl and twist, forming lively curls around my fingers. My mind, in turn, was swirling, rising and falling, imagining all sorts of possible scenarios. I had found her. Only at that moment did I realize how much I had been searching for her. I had been searching for her for … Read more
There’s nothing left to say. A silent sorrow has nested within me and won’t leave me be. I’m utterly bitter. The skewer pierces through the fish’s flesh from head to tail. I stick the stick in the sand, near the fire, close enough to receive the warmth, but not so close as to burn the … Read more
I think it’s three in the morning, but I can’t sleep at all. I slept during the day and messed up my schedule. It’s okay, it’s enough that I’m lying on the sand. I’m lying on my back, with my hands behind my head, analyzing the constellations. There are the Pleiades, there’s Orion’s belt. Further … Read more
I had forgotten about the army with all its miseries and continued living my life. More precisely, I resumed my life from where I had left off, continuing to do what I knew best: drinking.Don’t ask me with what money. Or you can ask, it’s all the same. “With what money?”“Well… I started selling items … Read more
My fate was sealed! If my father said I had to go into the army, then… the army it was. Who was I to oppose him? Seeing that I had no objections, my father softened a bit and pulled out the ultimate argument: a five-star bottle of cognac. “You’ll see,” he said with melancholy, “the … Read more
The place where I was supposed to use my energy wasn’t a rocket construction site, but a construction site where a five-story building was being erected. Every morning, at exactly seven o’clock, I had to be there. There was always work available for an unskilled, young, and eager worker. When you’re sixteen, you’re as strong … Read more
As I told you, when I was four years old, I managed to climb up to the bathroom window and fell from there right on my head. I narrowly avoided breaking my neck. That story ended with a week of rest in the hospital. I’m an only child, and I feel sorry about that. If … Read more
“Eventually, something will come up,” I tell Eve. “Surely, something will come up.” Together, we’ve decided to keep watch over the horizon every day. I’ll keep watch on this side of the island, she on the other. But after only an hour, Eve returns. “Something will come up,” I repeat. “You just have to be … Read more