My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen

Might be worth watching her for more signs of homosexuality; after all, it’s a known disorder of the mind.

“Happy. Such a funny little word, don’t you think? Perhaps not so hard a state to achieve, but nearly impossible to maintain, and different for everyone. I’m sure there are people out there who would be perfectly happy to never have to clean, but not me. Doing little has never agreed with me. It gives me too much time to dwell on things.”