"How do you ensure that people are willing to do what you asked them while playing this game?" --- "Nobody wants to be himself or herself in a game." --- "Mom, the seeds from the Thanksgiving pumpkins which you used for composting started growing and you decided to list a free ad in case someone decides to grow these pumpkin seedlings. I am not the one who lives in an imaginary world in this house, believe it or not." --- "When I was a small kid, my grandfather told me that each seed hides a tree in them and they should have a tearful reunion with the soil." --- Tarik Alptekin's first novella "Fearful Skull" was published in 2015. This "novelette, "Tearful Skull" can be read as a standalone short story or as a sequel to "Fearful Skull."