The Good Tape

The weather was awful that day, I was at the local corner store when I had spotted a small bin of VHS tapes; one was labeled: “The good video”

Intrigued, I picked it up and inspected the tape’s cover art, which was a man; this man was in his late 20’s and was balding, he had reading glasses, a small stubble beard, and he was staring blankly to me.

I decided out of morbid curiosity to pick up the tape, considering I had an old VHS player in a storage bin; this would be all that I needed.

I took the tape and my groceries home with me, I dug out the old player and placed it out in front of me where I inserted the tape. It started with the man in a plastic white chair behind a black background; he was reading a book. He proceeded to read the following:

“''All the time, I lay awake. As resting is just timed death. I’ve seen the other end of life, and all that is left, the darkness, and then the light; your dreams that remain with you, even after death, and your last breath, consciousness will never leave you.”''

The man then proceeded to take a small object, looking closer I realized it was a gun,a small pistol that he held in his hand as he looked at the camera and spoke his final words before taking off to finish his deeds for the world.

“The remaining bits of flesh from those who I free into their own minds will be happy once I truly set them free.”

Then the tape ended, and I’m next to be set free, I see him outside. You will too.