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This Isn’t Real, Is It? is a haunting collection of short stories where reality slips, memories misfire, and trauma refuses to stay buried. A woman answers a phone call—from her own number—and hears herself dying on the other end. A survivor of eye surgery finds familiar objects in her new home that shouldn't be there… unless she never truly left the old one. A little girl is pushed through a broken window and told to unlock the door—never mind the blood on her knees.

In the gripping story of Into Your Being, immerse yourself in the haunting tale of a couple whose once-unbreakable love has eroded into a chilling void. The story unfolds against a backdrop of fading affection and mounting resentment, where the weight of their unspoken burdens threatens to consume them both. Amidst the silence of their disintegrating relationship, a single night of passion unravels a sinister turn. As desire and desperation intertwine, boundaries blur, and forbidden impulses surge to the surface. In a moment of darkness, an unthinkable act shatters their world.

The descent into darkness during World War II reveals a chilling yet fascinating facet of human behavior under extreme duress. In the unforgiving landscapes of Singapore and New Guinea, Japanese soldiers engaged in acts of cannibalism that transcended mere survival instincts. This horrific practice was not solely driven by starvation but became a macabre ritual, a twisted means of reinforcing camaraderie among soldiers. The act of consuming the flesh of captured POWs served as a grim assertion of power, a stark statement that they had dominion over life and death.