Super Short Story (192): Craziness Knowing that those who realised they are being followed are expected to panic, which would give him a chance to attack, she decided to go against his expectations, by pretending she does not know she is being followed. She behaved like a crazed person...

A strange man gesticulating wildly, almost hitting some but never really, somewhat intimidating but not really. Seems a little mad but not exactly, seems like us, you and yours truly, with our bizarre stuff done bizarrely. We cannot be truly mad. We cannot totally escape responsibility. We...

There was talk about how a mass-murderer-terrorist might plead insanity and how the plea is not likely to be accepted. Because his plans and actions were too deliberate, too intelligent, to be the doings of any insane person. Yet, he was indeed insane, for no one in his right mind, would...

A friend sent an old news link about how a girl killed and cut her parents into pieces due to both frustration and fear. The news reported on investigation into whether she was mentally ill or not. But of course she was ill! Even if she was proven not ill in the conventional medical...

The maniacal Joker in ‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland tries to make Commissioner Gordon snap mentally by giving him physical and mental torture, while proclaiming that ‘All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. ...

In ‘X-Men: Kill or Cure’ by Jason Aaron, Iceman forced to face the shapeshifting Mystique when she takes his form to draw public attention, including his. Though he was confronting someone else, he was in effect facing himself too – both physically and spiritually, as he...

Alternative Alice (3): Why Does the Cheshire Cat Grin? Alice: My Daddy told me to beware of those who smile a lot. Cheshire Cat: Why? Alice: Because they are either very jolly all the time, which is unlikely, or have something to hide. Cheshire Cat: But I’m not smiling. Alice:...