86 parts Complete MatureIt's Missing Things, the story of Carl, a tech worker making his way through a post-pandemic office.
It's a story about loss and nostalgia. It's about never being able to go back to a time you can still remember. It's about lost connections. But it's also about moving forward. About the impermanence of life.
I tried to tie in the concepts of hiraeth and mono no aware into this, but who knows if I'm skilled enough as a writer.
The aim of this piece isn't so much to tell a story but to convey the feeling of an Edward Hopper painting. To make the reader feel the way one does when one is alone and disconnected.
It's an existential shit show, is what I'm saying.