The Comfort of Being Miserable
There’s a specific kind of comfort in being miserable.
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CBE: A Study in Institutional Masochism
Monday morning. The calm after the storm. Temperate, clear, almost pleasant, the kind of day that makes you want to believe the world is a gentle place. A lie, of course, but a comfortable one.I walked into the Commer...
Continue readingThe Correctionist
The interview was in a building with no windows.Not the kind of no windows that happens by accident. An architect’s oversight, a budget cut. This was deliberate. The walls were poured concrete, the lights were artific...
Continue readingYou Will Wake Up
You will wake up.You will check your phone before you check your own body. You will read the notifications before you read your own pulse. You will scroll past seven headlines, three advertisements, and one message fr...
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