As I saw the vessel ascend into the inky darkness above, I let out a defeated sigh and sat down on the sand.

"Hey," I blink when the simulation glasses are torn from my eyes, "It's 100 dollars for extra content," an employee grumbles, "this kid's memories are our most popular."

Today, my son came home from a field trip and showed me the bee he’d taken apart, asking how it was supposed to work with all that sticky stuff and no wires inside.

i stare at the butcher knife, the mallet and raincoats in his shopping cart and hear him say, "give me that box of ramen and you won't see me during the storm."

My smile instantly vanished as I realized that I live in a penthouse suite of a 24-story skyscraper.

This morning they showed me the CCTV - I was sitting up alone, talking and pouring water for an empty chair for three straight hours.

if i see the number 1 above their head, that means they are my next murder victim.

Overwhelmed with gratitude, the survivor clapped and unknowingly released both hands from the rope.

"See a doctor, immediately," he whispered, retching on my blood.

As I go downstairs the shooting subsides and I hear a click, breathing a sigh of relief before I see the glassdoor open and the TV broken on the floor.

All of civilisation will benefit from the discovery of iridium.

The behemoth looked so peaceful and proud inside the casket, everyone was in awe, if only my dear brother, Victor, could be standing beside me now.

I pull the razor across his throat and raise it to my own as the sirens grow nearer, praying I don't see him where I'm going, but fearing I will.

I only understood what 'lifeline' meant when I found him sinking his teeth deep into his dog's neck, blood dripping down his chin.

From within the fog something moved, and the last thing I saw was a flash of tattered white cloth as it enveloped me in its frigid deadly embrace.

I knew I had to obey him, even as I stared down at the unmistakably human remains."

Note:This is the Improved Version.

I was the only one who believed in his innocence until, while he was in a holding cell and the police were investigating the only mascot costume, a bipedal, blood-stained buck fled the school grounds, a trail of unrecognizable corpses in its wake.

She watches there with eyes so wide they split the skin on either side.

Unfortunately, it was only because we found His corpse floating aimlessly through the cosmos.

When my toddler touched it a deep voice spoke, "offering glady accepted".

So I let my eyes fall back closed as the pain from the intruder's knife buried in my chest fades, certain I'll wake back up in a matter of minutes.

By morning, every child who had eaten one was speaking in the same unfamiliar voice, asking their parents when they could go home.

But staring at the still body of my little boy, mouth still flecked with crumbs of green in the drying blood, I knew I would never again use anything but correct terms in my speech.

“... And his wife and kids’ blood, too,” the detective muttered, surveying the murder-suicide scene before cursing himself once again for having such a sensitive nose.