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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it can only be lived forwards". ~Pierre Eliot Trudeau Rebirth: Every morning I find out that my wife has passed away. I roll over routinely, exploring the bed spread with curious hands, but no one’s there. I’m startled, as though the room has suddenly closed in upon me during the night, becoming strange and indifferent. It… It feels as though nothing has moved in here for a long while. A sudden cold chill ripples through me; my body curls around its...

“Mama says that you’re not real, Tommy,” the young boy whispered, clutching the duvet with his tiny fingers, his eyes peering cautiously around the room where they eventually locked upon the open closet doors. “She says that you’re just part of my imagination; that you only come out when the lights turn off and I can’t see anymore.” The room felt sullen to the boy, perhaps offended by his diminished faith. There was no immediate reply. The boy pulled at his blanket, fortifying himself in prot...

Six-O’clock. I knew because the news was just starting. I felt around for the remote but, as usual, it had burrowed itself deep into the sofa’s underbelly, between the sleek leather cushions and the couch’s wooden frame. I’d hunt for it, but I didn’t care much for the crusty, sticky randomness near its whereabouts. So I sat stroking Sancho. Good listener and loyal as hell, but not much for conversation. “Where’s the clicker Sancho?” I could feel his ears perk up with eager determination, but ...