My name is Gabriel and I just turned ten years old, and I already have one true enemy—the sun. To say I’ve been brought up in a dark environment is an understatement. For as long as I can remember, and I can only remember the past two years, I [...]
I pulled my arm back in and rolled up the window. My watch said it was 3:55. Almost 4 AM and I was still driving through the night. I was glad we left Austin around midnight. That way we could beat the morning traffic. We were looking forward to [...]
Red means stop, orange means caution, and green means go. I watched as the light in front of me went from orange to red while my car came to a halt. It was the only car on this street, so I had all the time in the world to [...]
September 2021, people are finally able to travel freely again. Since Covid-19 and the several lockdowns started, everyone was looking forward to freedom again. To me, the ultimate freedom is traveling. Of course, I didn’t want to put myself at risk and chose a destination closer to home for [...]
I looked at the bar, thinking to myself. “What the hell am I even doing here? This is nothing but a scam, a complete waste of time.” The keys of my car were dangling in my hand, still unsure about my decision. I pressed the key and I heard [...]
I suppose I had it coming. People just aren’t good for each other. Maybe I should start by introducing myself and give you a general idea of how I got here. My name is Javier and I’m a petty car thief. I’m not proud of it, but I have [...]
It’s hard to imagine a place like this exists that close to the overpopulated capital of Belgium, Brussels. This makes the perfect place to get away from the crowds, a place where nature can teach us a lesson in serenity. Given the fact that the global pandemic is still [...]
While we are still trapped between the borders of our own little country, there's not much we can do but reminisce about old travels. Around this time, five years ago, I was travelling through South Africa. There were still warning signs about ebola, but Covid-19 wasn't a thing yet [...]
The name Tanabe was displayed in the plastic pouch behind the passenger seat. He drove up and down Greater Tokyo, looking for a new customer to pick up. The weather had cleared up to bright, blue skies, so business was slow. People wanted to walk when it wasn’t raining, [...]
I woke up with excruciating pain in my back. I was lying flat on my stomach on a tatami mat, wearing nothing but a traditional fundoshi. It took me a while to adjust to my new surroundings. Thin pieces of bamboo were scattered on the floor all around me. On my left [...]
