Contamination

Barnaby always thought he was a perfectly normal human child, despite his parents’ unusual love for mud baths and their slightly odd oinking sounds when they laughed. One rainy afternoon, he found the old, dusty photo album hidden under the couch cushions. He flipped through the pages, expecting adorable baby pictures of himself. What he…

Photo albums have a quiet magic. They freeze emotions, preserve memories, and remind us of the people who helped shape our lives. The images shown in “The Times of the Past” feel like pages pulled straight from someone’s heart—moments of friendship, first love, and the bittersweet passage of time. What begins as a simple scrapbook…