Books and Backpacks

By: A. D Sparks    The first time I ate human flesh was for my 27th birthday. I became aware of the idea after hearing a story about how some guys in Germany met up online and one said:   “ I have the funniest craving! Some human meat would really just hit the spot right about now.” And then some other guy popped online and said:   “Well gosh-darn-it, what great timing! I sure would like to be eaten.”    So they met up, and the first guy killed the other, and stored him in his freezer, and slowly ate him. Obviously, he was eventually caught, otherwise we would never have heard the story.   But I was inspired by this man’s, admittedly stupid, actions.        I met some random guy on some dating app or other. I picked him because he said he didn’t drink or do drugs (which I figured would sour the meat) and he wasn’t too big; that was it. I wasn’t the strongest, at that point in life, and I thought that if I could find someone a bit ...

  April was a great month for reading for me. I was writing finals for the majority of it, so I didn't get a ton of reading time for the first three weeks and for the last part of the month I was moving. Needless to say, this has been the busiest month thus far this year. As such, it was also the first month I didn't reach my self appointed reading goal. Usually, I aim for between 5-7 books for each month, and this month (since I was expecting to have the last couple of weeks to just relax), I aimed to read seven. Although, I only read 6 of my goal of 7 books for this month, I also read a couple of my favorite books of the year (so far) this month.  1. Near the Bone- Christina Henry. Read for my women in horror month selections.  2. The Deep- Nick Cutter.                                                     ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 The on...