Yes!" He says. "Fear is an excellent motivator. I find that it really brings out the true ingenuity of a creature.

Everyone knows: people who cross boarders do so for a reason.

When one finds oneself in the kind of strange, unsettling circumstances as I presently find myself, it is only natural, after all, to have a few, unusual, vivid dreams.

The hours wear on, while the surreal atmosphere of the asylum does not wear off.

Have I..." I venture, terrified of the potential answer. "Have I gone mad?" "No, no, no." She says. "Okay, oui, peut-être, that depends. Maybe you have gone a little mad, and only for a little spell.

But the nightmare was a strange comfort to me; in it, I found a sense of escape, and were it possible to go live in that nightmare, I would have, bizzare though that may sound.