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Misplaced in the tides of time and measure, he'd forfeited more than he could have ever imagined. His flamboyantly audacious nature did no good, and at last he was paying the price. From the "Casanova" that he used to be, to just a number that he'd become - life comes a full circle, it spares no one!
It was a deal of her lifetime, the one she wished not to refuse; selling off her soul to the advertising "devil" in hopes of "fake-positive" reviews. Deceiving and defrauding society was now closely associated with her name; conning, swindling the innocents, she became the best at the infamous fraud game. Life comes with it's own terms and conditions, alas, she'd forgotten; all that glitters is not always gold, sometimes the offer expires and treaties are broken!
Breaking barriers, Crushing archaic dogmas. She dove to win gold!
It wasn’t easy being a girl in her country, especially when men decided, regularized and approved what women wore and did. From being disowned by her patriarchal community for wearing a revealing "suit" and for showing off her skin a little too much and too often, To surviving skepticism and finally winning a “gold” at the Olympics, Sana endured more than just some uneven bars and balance beams!
"Hurry up Gretel! You know we aren't supposed to be outside!" muttered fearful Hansel; alarmed by his sister's sudden recklessness. Realizing that all his previous warnings were too sloppy in front of the evident danger that lied ahead, he once again exclaimed; this time with painful tears in his eyes, "I'm telling you, this won't end good sissy.. She'll eat us alive..!" Oblivious to the obvious crisis, callously jumping off the water-side pebbles, Gretel playfully giggled and said, "Not this time Hans.. I'm sure, I've locked the oven lid tightly! The witch is gonna burn!"
"One ticket please" muttered Betty nervously, pointing out at the train schedule with her trembling little fingers; her voice as precarious as her irresolute future, her "despicable-ugly" face hidden behind a frail veil. "You goin' to Uglyville, eh?" mocked the indifferent conductor; seemingly cognizant of the new legislation passed by the King about all the unwanted-redundant "Ugly Dolls" of the town. Betty nodded a desperate yes, as she grasped the "one-way ticket" to her deliverance; a ticket to a hopeful place where weirdness is celebrated, strangeness is special and beauty is embraced as more than what meets the eye!
A ghost of a woman jumping out of the background of the television shows, an outstretched hand reaching out from the black murk beyond the screen of an unplugged television, double images, fog, sound distortion, white noise and strange static patterns, Mary had encountered it all. As described by the paranormal researchers who'd rushed to the scene, this was a typical case of "Instrumental Trans-Communication" where the ghosts and spirits were trying to communicate with the living through a TV-like medium; flying through the airwaves, vaulting into our lives. Are our TVs really a sort of potential portal between these realms, or did Mary go a little overboard with her bingeing of "Stranger Things" on Netflix?
"It's a steal Jack! Who sells a f*****g 5 bedroom, 3.5 acre lake-view mansion for just $250K?" said an over enthusiastic Ally, her obvious excitement over the rooftop, as she signs the dotted line. It was a dream property that they couldn't have afforded in a million years, had it not been for a sudden drop in its price after it was unanticipatedly foreclosed by the bank. Little did Alley know that "The House Of Horrors" is not just an "Urban Legend" her girl friends gossiped about!
Looking at the vast horizon and serene surroundings from the deck of her shambled RV, Rose reminisces of the day that she'd abandoned her million-dollar "Beverly Hills" mansion forever. An heiress to the ritziest diamond empire in the US, once affluent and a consistent Page 3 denizen, she'd thankfully realized on time, that the "luxuries" and the "rich-people-controversies" would take her back to the horrors of drug-addiction, DUIs and a "spoilt" life that she wasn't proud of. Joyously swaying her prego-tummy, to the beats of "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA" by Donna Fargo playing in the background, she proudly smiles and whispers, "This is what a Mother does!"
"We've got 24 hours before they burn them all down! Hurry up!" announced Sue to a group of new recruits of the "Resistance Army", amidst ramming murmurs and cramming whispers. Their task - To memorize and protect the world's greatest literary and cultural works, before the "firemen" arrive. Alas, year 2069 AD marks an annulment of literature by the "mass media", where the books are outlawed, and any allurement of libraries is extinct!