“Enclosed you’ll find some random thoughts (memories) jotted down in the form of free writing. I hope that some of these inspire a written story or two. I was originally just trying to think of times that we put our lives in danger, and found my thoughts wandering more randomly. I began to remember things I haven’t thought of in years. I had started to think that I had a pretty strong block of any childhood memories, but as I started jotting them down, things just started popping up. I wrote them down as they occurred to me, so my train of thought might appear to be a bit confused, but there really is a relation for most of them. I put down almost everything, even embarrassing stuff, except for the time when [nope, just... no]. That memory was pretty repressed.
Now that I’ve started, I’m having trouble shutting off the flow of thoughts and I find myself wishing that I had a pen and paper at weird times, like when I’m swimming; I get anxious, like if I don’t write it down really quickly I’ll forget and won’t be able to remember.
It has also been feeling rather therapeutic.”
In response to the author’s request for stories
[Preface]