The Novella Life of Illuscia Nester Himawari

Once upon a time, there was a beast named Fray. He was an ugly beast with vicious claws and teeth! He lived in a forest alone and never went too close to the village for he was scared of it. But one day, he met a lost girl. She cried and cried and cried calling out for help. Fray was hiding behind a large tree and the lost girl couldn't see him. "She's lost..." The beast whispered to himself. The lost girl looked around frantically as if she was hearing a beast's voice. "Hello?" She spoke softly. "Is someone there?" Fray walked out from behind the tree and said, "Don't be afraid. I can help you." The lost girl suddenly stopped crying as for she was surprised to see a beast in front of her. "Let me help you." Fray extended his paw to her. "Get away from me!" The lost girl screamed and ran away. Fray was sad and angry as he couldn't help the lost girl. "If I was human, I ...

Ever looked in the mirror and have the strange feeling of someone else staring back at you, something not quite right or not quite human? Ever have the feeling that after looking in the mirror, you turned around and you have the nagging feeling that your reflection is still there staring at your back? You may have experience the simulacrum phenomenon. “A simulacrum (plural: simulacra from Latin: simulacrum, which means "likeness, similarity”) is a representation or imitation of a person or thing. The word was first recorded in the English language in the late 16th century, used to describe a representation, such as a statue or a painting, especially of a god. By the late 19th century, it had gathered a secondary association of inferiority: an image without the substance or qualities of the original.“ –Wikipedia Thanks to horror movies, I have always had the irrational fear of mirrors during the night. The truth is, despite the fact that I’ve seen how mirrors are made and kno...

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment. The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations." The older lady said that she was right -- our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain: Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But we didn't have the "green thing" back in our day. Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags that we reused fo...