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Comfort Room
‘I really like this place. It’s great, you know. I can get all the food I like. The temperature is just right. I like my job. I have a...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 17, 202413 min read
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Home Before Nightfall
Frank leaned back into his chair. ‘The Home Secretary, eh? And we got him!’ Right then and there, a video call arrived. It was Agent...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 16, 202411 min read
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The Longest Day
‘I have it.’ Emet announced boldly. Frank, along with all of their friends, and her mum and dad, stared at her in utter jaw-dropping...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 15, 202418 min read
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The Seventh Dream
The sun arrived right on cue. It streamed in through Frank Diggory’s slatted glass window, easily penetrating through his thin curtains...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 14, 202425 min read
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The Sixth Day
‘So why am I here? How did I get here? What should I do next?’ Frank asked feverishly. ‘The guy I mentioned earlier – Ethan Peteros – he...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 13, 202410 min read
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The Sixth Dream
‘I've had two dreams since we last talked. And also a dream that came true.’ Frank was lying on Doctor Bedi’s couch once more. It was...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 12, 202419 min read
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The Fifth Day
The sun had not yet risen over Paraiso. The whole Subdivision was a riot of pitch black and silhouette. It was still warm, but not more...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 11, 202419 min read
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The Fifth Dream
Alone in his House of Eternal Solitude (as he himself called it), Ethan Peteros could not sleep. Something was keeping awake. And it...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 10, 20249 min read
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The Fourth Day
The sun arrived right on cue. It streamed in through Frank Diggory’s slatted glass window, easily penetrating through his thin curtains...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 9, 202416 min read
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The Fourth Dream
Emet was a little smaller than him. She had dark brown hair – a little lighter than her black-haired compatriots in the Subdivision. Her...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 8, 202413 min read
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The Third Day
Somehow Frank Diggory always felt better after leaving his outdoor bathroom in the dead of night. At least the slightly lower heat meant...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 7, 202410 min read
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The Third Dream
Neither Doctor Bedi nor Ethan Peteros were fans of these calls. They took place at midnight – midnight! – on a Friday night. What could...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 6, 202411 min read
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The Second Day
The sun arrived right on cue. It streamed in through Frank Diggory’s slatted glass window, easily penetrating through his thin curtains...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 5, 20249 min read
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The Second Dream
After his usual, nightly, slap-up dinner and dessert at the Kainan Paraiso, for which, again, Frank Diggory had not paid, he crossed the...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 4, 20248 min read
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The First Day
Paraiso Subdivision was bathed in the inky blackness of night. Despite its precisely manicured lawns and hedges and the clean perfection...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 3, 20247 min read
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The First Dream
His unwanted guest smashed into his unconscious mind as soon as his eyelids shuttered reluctantly closed. It came in splinters. Shards....
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 2, 20247 min read
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In the Beginning
Frank Diggory was a man out of place. In many ways, he lived an idyllic life, untouched by the cares and worries that preoccupy the...
72 Hours Ormoc City
May 1, 20241 min read
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