Content Warning: contains references to assault, drug use, death of a parent, and child abuse. When we spotted her, she sat in the corner. ...

“Will it hurt?”    The question posed was not an uncommon one for the surgeon. But as he looked into the boy’s bright blue ...

I have always adored Dr. Seuss’ sense of imagination and creativity. Dr. Seuss, also known as Theodor Seuss Geisel, published over sixty books, including How the Grinch ...

I left for hell in a handcart. I waved goodbye, wished them well. I vowed a postcard from the fiery pits, signed by vagabond, ...

Chapter One   I was once a young man riding the long train of my uncle, Pope Calixtus III. I began a career within ...

There once was a cookie baker, whose skills proved she was a faker. Replacing sugar with salt, was enough to make me halt. She ...

I stared at myself in the golden mirror. The light reflected off of my golden wedding dress. Mother didn’t think white was appropriate. I ...

Martha-Marie changed her gait when she fell and broke the gate.   This ain’t no delightful tale of cute Fi-Fi’s little tail.   The ...

Lula Mae Darling melts behind the cash register of a gas station off Interstate 95. Through the translucent cigarette ads, a faded, peeling South ...

Monochromatic color splayed like a smudge on the horizon.  A cardinal flits across my view. A bright red fleck in snow.