Peter had always wanted a Japanese-style tattoo, but he knew he couldn’t trust just any tattoo artist with his dream design. After months of research, he finally found the perfect tattooist who specialised in Japanese tattoos. The problem? They were located in Japan. Peter pooled his savings to book an airfare, and then scheduled an …
“I told you that you wouldn’t win,” the narrator said, sitting comfortably on her couch at home and speaking through the illusion placed strategically inside the company she worked at. She hadn’t been in the office for well over a year, given certain circumstances going on in the world. She’d never been in any real …
‘Isn’t it amazing?’ Joanie giggled as she leapt across the floorboards. ‘Yeah, yeah,’ I nodded, looking around. The room had that brand-new echo that you only heard in a house when you were moving in and out. ‘Isn’t it funny how all of your stuff just… dampens your space,’ I nodded to myself. ‘What?’ Joanie …
Being rich is awesome. I can buy whatever I want, whenever I want it. Obviously, there are a couple of downsides, like taxes, but for the most part it’s pretty great. I recently purchased a mansion in Queensland and am enjoying all the benefits that come with owning a mansion in Queensland. One of those …
This certainly wasn’t how I pictured my dream wedding, but sometimes you just have to be happy with what you’ve got. For most of my life, it’s been impossibly expensive grape juice and silver platters, servants and maids. Not today. Today, it’s a greasy floor and a wedding dress made out of leaves. And honestly, …
Lightning crackled from the tips of my fingers as I hung in the air above the city I loved, gazing down at the relentless parade of lights and sounds, honking and braking, the cacophony of the uninspired masses– ‘Hey, are you Lightning Boy?’ I turned around in the air, looking for who’d shouted that. A …
I’m doing major renovations to my home. We just got our bathroom redone which is fantastic, and it’s inspired us to make home improvements elsewhere in our house. We’re trying to do all these renovations on a budget. It’s not super tight but we don’t want to spend unnecessary money if we don’t have to. …
So it turns out, my dear readers, that I will need surgery after all. I know! Who knew so much could go wrong with one shoulder! Luckily, my doctor is taking good care of me and I’ve done a lot of research to help calm myself down, so I thought I may as well share …
Several years ago in the early morning hours of Halloween, a baby appeared on the doorstep of my house. It was a rosy-cheeked thing, swaddled in blankets with a fresh slash across its forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. Tucked into its wrappings was a stern letter that explained that the baby boy …
I am very into learning new things and increasing my overall general knowledge. I like to spend my time researching new topics – from the history of remote countries to the latest in healthcare procedures, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t want to learn. Often when I am undertaking my individual studies, I like to study …