Mirrors, depression and other tales

My father, a monster

"When I was 17 years old, I watched my father chop our family dog's leg off.

As he did it, the cries of our dog, cut short with each stroke of the ax.

I remember seeing what appeared to be a series of yellow jackets coming from inside of the dog, making an escape from its stomach as it was being chopped in half.

My mother tried to stop him, but couldn't - he'd been drinking and had that manic look that told us all what was about to happen.

When it was over and we were witnessing the aftermath, I remember screaming at him,

"Fathers aren't supposed to do that."

And he replied "Why not? My father did it to me."

This book is a collection of short stories about:

existential dread

depression

death

friendship

love

loneliness

self-image

poverty

domestic violence etc.