Tag: Fiction

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 5th When a man who has been in your nightmares since you were a kid appears in real life and says he is going to kill you, well, you can’t fully take … Continue reading October 5: Making a Deal with a Nightmare

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 4th My debt has come due. The deal has run it’s course. It had been so long that I nearly blocked it out. It seemed like a dream. Like another nightmare. But … Continue reading October 4: A Date for a Death

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here.  October 3rd I’ve been thinking about Brendan’s funeral. I blocked it out for so long, but for these past couple of days those memories have become a common daydream. I can see myself. … Continue reading October 3: Remembering Brendan’s Funeral

The October Diary is a work of fiction originally released serially during October 2015. The complete list of posts can be found here. October 2nd I was afraid to go outside today. Afraid that I’d see him. Afraid that he’d talk to me and tell me I was going to die (as if avoiding him could … Continue reading October 2: The Man with the Shadow Voice

My mother died on October 31st when I was 20 years old. She died suddenly, unexpectedly. The problem was “undetected” and “undiagnosed.” That’s what I was told. That’s what I believed until years later when I read her last month of diary entries. I was away at school when my mom died. I was supposed … Continue reading The October Diary: The Discovery