It is blue black everywhere. No horizon. No sound except for the water lapping against me. It’s freezing and I am alone. I start to sink...

I can leave the ward whenever I want to. This frees me of any fear as I wait all alone in the stillness of the after hour within its...

As if this dust had never been a person And this right had never been wrong As if this debris had never been a city And this discord...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse (this is where Clement Clarke...

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Ron Lach on Pexels.com Something wasn’t right. The twinge in her stomach told her so. Her eyes confirmed it was so. He was supposed to be...

It really is a testament to the unexpectedness of life. My downfall, that is, and, actually, the entire Bag family’s fall from grace. You...

Photo by Josie Stephens I dedicated myself to finding the truth. Dug in places that were dank and dark, unearthing the unmentionable....

Photo by Clara The day he died, we started to live. We were lucky that way – being alive. Many don’t make it. On his last day I was under...

Winds of change Please do carry the voice of truth far and wide Across battlefields And burning skies Over charred remains Mothers’ empty...

He is abandoned asleep on the sofa. His breathing is light and even. How peaceful he looks, childlike and vulnerable, cocooned in his...

Our first entry of 2022 for The Interview Series is with Bail Supervisor Jo.B* MB: Good morning and thanks for agreeing to the interview....

Picture this…Grade five, recess time and a ball buster boy in my class (Martin) told me that years ago someone had hung themselves in the...

USPA D Licensed Sky Diving Instructor – Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor – High Altitude Alpinist and Master Scuba Diver Williams...

Despondency had an address. Ours. Our house was one of a series of identical houses on the fringes of this forest. The ever present...

THE LETTER “L” Long ago… a lifetime, actually, since I have thought about it. Seems so ludicrous now, but back then, this larger than...