The Mind Within

by Chad Di Lillo

Johnny is a young man in his early twenties. Unable to cope with his daily routine, he turns to drugs to subside his troubled thoughts. Over the years this way-out has become an addiction and he is unable to control his involvement with the cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and anything else he can get his hands on. Johnny now has something new to worry about in addition to his addiction. When high, he unconsciously commits horrific crimes of murder and burglary. The only way he can track what has happened is by a journal he keeps while he is under the influence. Johnny is not aware he is writing in this journal when he is on the drugs. It is only until he regains consciousness, that he can read about his disastrous crime spree. His addiction is so strong that he cannot stop, and every time he takes another line or another hit he regresses back to his violent nature which means another journal entry. Just when Johnny thought it could not get any worse, his journal entries begin to predict what he will do next. Upon reading the journal while sober, he is introduced to a horrifying tomorrow...

157 pages, Paperback

First published March 16, 2001