Every night I pick another sad movie that I’ve seen a million times before.

It helps with the loneliness.

Each day I get up and go to work and come home to my cat, Company, who never comes when I call.

It doesn’t count as crying when I watch them.

Raymond Sloan lives in Ireland. He has recently been published in 50-Word Stories, Every Day Fiction, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ariel Chart, 101 Words, The Drabble, Nanoism, Microfiction Monday Magazine, Blink-Ink and The Dribble Drabble Review.