Just Beyond the Other Side Vol. 1
By Aaron Paige
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What is the other side? Different dimension? Alternate universe? Life after death? Fiction itself? These ideas are explored here. For instance, we see a man with a vague concept of identity trying to escape the rut his life is in or a man who ends up in a room without openings not knowing how he got there. A woman gets word from a friend that some people aren't actually what they seem to be and to a lesser degree, a man, his girlfriend, and his friend. A person moves into a new neighborhood and the people there act strange though that's not really unusual in itself, other events compound the issue. In a surreal world of red and gray, a woman goes missing and it's up to her brother to find her, will he? A reasonable man is unreasonably afraid of cars, why? And a woman affects her surroundings in an odd way, is there anything that can be done? And what the heck is up with that car in that video? Oh yes, spoons.
I guess it's not really all about the other side, it's just a fun title.
Happy reading everyone!
Aaron Paige
Note: I created this account because the old old account, associated with my old address, is no longer usable for various reasons. So if you see Tales of the Peculiar Vol 1, disregard it and buy Just Beyond the Other Side instead. Thank you for reading.
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Just Beyond the Other Side Vol. 1 - Aaron Paige
Just Beyond the Other Side Vol 1
By Nicholas Gushue
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Table of Contents
Just Another Day
The Panic Room
Closed Eyes
There Are a Few Things I Haven't Mentioned...
Love Thy Neighbour
Wagon Man
Stumble
From Womb to Grave
Shunt
Fanciful Spoons
Just Another Day
I would wake up in the morning, take a shower, have my breakfast, get dressed, and get ready for work. I would then drive to work, do whatever I needed to do, come back, watch some TV, do things around the house, get ready for bed, and go to sleep.
This was how my day was like. This was how every day was like. I thought this was how everybody lived. But apparently this was not the case. My name was Man and we were told not to change our routine for any reason. If we did, they said to us, then something quite unpleasant would happen.
The sun rarely came out but this was one of those times where there was neither clouds or smog and it was visible over the the wall. It made me slightly happier and I smiled as I drove into work. I drove the same route everyday passing buildings that looked oh so similar to each other. It put me into a trance and I'd arrive feeling rather refreshed.
I didn't even know what a day was until someone told me that it was the same thing as what we'd call a revolution, a cycle of day and night. We would also use fractions in place of time. It took me a while to get used to the concept of it all. I want to know more; so much more. But they hid much from us and it may not be possible to learn all that I want to know.
I had a job at the office at one time, it was very tedious work. I think it had to do with statistics of some kind, something about dying. Anyways, it was about 8 hours of work and i'd be 45 minutes through when Friend asks how I'm doing and I would answer back that I'm doing fine. He then proceeds to talk about his family, how they are doing, what they're doing and so on. He would end the discussion and we would then get back to work. Now that I think about it, it's almost like we were doing rehearsal over and over. I don't know how I lived through it all.
He had to do this everyday since it was part of the routine. On my 2649th day at work, (yes I count them) he informs me that Coworker hasn't been in for the last couple of days. It was considered quite worrisome. Friend told me that they might have discovered Coworker stumbling on a forbidden word or at least that's what he thought. He thinks that they might be disciplining
him.
Friend whispers that he knows that Coworker found a forbidden word since Friend walked by Coworker's cubicle and heard him mumbling what sounded like to Friend was the word vacation
. Nobody knew what it meant and nobody really cared 'cept for me.
I was intrigued by the word and it soon sparked an intense feeling of curiosity within me. It was like an empty bag in the water. You could push it down all you want but it would keep coming back up. It would continually surface; you just couldn't get rid of it. It dominated my mind for the rest of the day and eventually, I gave in.
I looked everywhere I could but I didn't come up with anything. So the next day I asked Friend what site Coworker was on when he discovered this word. He replied that he didn't know and that really, he didn't want to know as it only lead to trouble. Why? I had asked. He put his mouth to my ear and whispered that they track our movements and that revealing what they do could lead to extreme punishments. They could be watching us right now he said sounding quite worried. I was puzzled as to how he knew this so I simply whispered how? But he ignored the question and went on in normal conversation and I just went along with it.
When I had gotten home it felt... different. I didn't know how to describe it then. It just felt