Narrative
Matheus Ferraz - The Prescription Prospect
I forgot to knock. Damn, this is already going wrong. My mother always knocks, but I never saw the point of it. If Dr. Meira wasn’t seeing a patient, she would leave the door open. […]
Carol Adams - Why?
A narrative from a survivor of ritual abuse I want to know why. I want to know why he did it. Why he did it over and over and over again. Why did he have […]
Nick Astraeus - The Diamond Diggers
There’s a planet in the Milky Way where all the people dig all day, and that’s where I grew up. My town was a gigantic mine, and everyone I ever met was a digger. Every […]
Dr. Joseph Valks - Mythical Creatures and Ghouls from the Orient
In a previous blog I looked at whether God created man, or men created their own gods and demons. It can be fascinating to look at some of the ancient myths and legends of different […]
Tracy Shawn, MA - Novel: “The Grace of Crows”
Set in the fictional California communities of Breakers Point and Dune Beach, Saylor fights her debilitating anxiety while trying to contend with her mother’s blind narcissism, growing concerns for her teenage children, and her husband’s […]
Rachael Uris, MA, LPC - Nostrand Station
Brooklyn—Nostrand station, broad daylight. Above ground, overgrown beards or red lipstick holds shaggy hipsters together like central connective tissue. Pinterest-worthy succulents sit in renovated windows, watching abandoned couches decay in the empty lot below. Black […]
Rachael Uris, MA - First Snow
Though the clinic was warm and I had yet to be pried open by the speculum, I shivered and dripped softly with blood. They had told me it was normal, and offered me a blanket […]