Author: Harry

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No One Uses Names

I’ve noticed a chilling linguistic shift in the hospital and on the streets: people don’t use names for them anymore.…
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Too Close

I saw one of them today, and the image is burned into my retinas. It wasn’t a grainy figure on…
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Counting Steps

I’ve started counting my steps when I move between ‘safe’ places—from the ward to the breakroom, from the car to…
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Learning Routes

I’ve realized recently that I know exactly which streets in the town centre to avoid. I didn’t sit down with…
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Watching Doors

I’ve developed a new habit: I count the exits everywhere I go. I do it in the ward, in the…
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Standing In

Something happened today that I can’t shake off. A colleague called me Charlie. They corrected themselves almost instantly, but they…
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Unshared Details

I’ve noticed a new habit among my colleagues: people will be talking, and they’ll suddenly stop mid-sentence when I walk…
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Something Missing

I had a chilling realization today: I don’t hear people laughing outside anymore. It isn’t that the streets are silent—there’s…
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Still Here (Again)

People have started using a new word for what happened to Charlie: an ‘incident.’ They use it in hushed tones,…
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Thursday Again

It’s Thursday again. Under normal circumstances, that wouldn’t mean much, but now it feels like a milestone. I keep checking…