I looked at the back and then the front of my hand. It was slightly transparent, and I could see the endless void that lay on the other side. I was definitely wearing clothes though, which was a bit odd. A pair of black sweatpants and a blue t-shirt if you wanted to know.

  Oh yeah, the endless void, right. You probably have a few questions.

  ‘Who are you?’ ‘why can you see through your hand?’ ‘what’s with the random void?’ ‘why haven’t you described the rest of your surroundings yet?’.

  Well, I guess I could answer those questions, let’s start with the introductions.

  Hi, my name is Leo, and I’m a ghost.

  At least, I think I’m a ghost.

  You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.

  Prior to my death, I was an engineer/part-time programmer/meme lord/nuclear weapons scientist/cyborg/secret government experiment. I am not at liberty to confirm nor deny the veracity of some of those occupations.

  Anyway, after 34 meh years of life, I met an early end after I died to something in the middle of the night. No, I didn’t find out why I died. I was kind of busy being dead. I didn’t really ever do anything heroic. I didn’t save any old ladies, or school buses full of screaming children, neither was I hit by a speeding truck. I lived pretty unmemorably and I died the same way.

  If I had a regret, that was it. I always let life pass me by, spending time daydreaming about what I could do, instead of actually going out and making a difference.

  Ahem, enough introspection, back to well... nothing.

  The endless void I had previously informed you of, was in fact, not only on the other side of my hand but all around me.

  That was it.

  Just a slightly transparent image of myself, floating in some sort of void.

  Dang, death is way more boring than I thought it was going to be.