What’s the longest shift you’ve ever worked? For me, I recently worked several days straight. Or was it weeks? I don’t even know anymore, because to be honest, it was the same day, over and over. I don’t mean that metaphorically, but literally. Let me explain. I work the night shift at a local care … Continue reading Long Night at the Nursing Home
Six months ago I started building a new house with my fiancee. A few weeks before construction was finished, however, she died. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue living there at first, but this was the house of her dreams, built to her exact specifications. I couldn’t let it go. Shortly after I … Continue reading The Note in the Walls
There are certain noises you can hear late at night when you’re camping in the middle of nowhere. To some they are a comfort, to others they are fear-inducing. When you’re camping all alone for weeks on end, however, they take on a whole new level of meaning. I like to camp. I go often; … Continue reading The Night Walkers
For several months of the year I work as a volunteer fire lookout at a rather large national park. There are several towers, most abandoned now, but year after year I keep returning, and now I’m the only lookout left. It takes a special type of person to lock themselves away from civilisation for months … Continue reading The Beast of Leda Point