The mechanical humming stops as the steel door slides shut behind us. A chain encircles my waist and holds my hands together in front of me, palm to palm in prayer. Another chain shackles my feet. I have an escort of three correctional officers; one on each side of me grasping an arm as the other follows behind. We begin to shuffle forward, moving slowly. The distances of my steps […]
Anna Alkin | A miraculous life of more
“We’re in the business of creating a miracle here on earth.” – Charles Eisenstein What is it like to be in the midst of a miracle? The idea of a miracle sounds so warm and delicious, the kind of thing you would aspire to experience in a minute, right? Well, in fact, here on earth we are in the middle of miracle school, whether you remember enrolling or not. And, […]
Ellis Acton Currer | September
I was there the first time Ricky tried to escape. He would try again, and again, one hand at a time, but it was the first that set the pattern for all the rest. He almost missed me, coming up The Walk. I was just down from Hope, leaning against the chain-link fence in the shade, ignoring a group of Caininites nearby. Shane, Billy, Horse, others I didn’t know. They […]
Joe Cottonwood | On the road to freedom
Control In black leotard and pink tights she dances before the big mirror, one entire wall of reflection —of motion, of strawberry blond with freckles. She’s what — eighteen? — and chatty as I replace the water heater. To my eyes she seems all bounce and unbelievably young to be shacked up in a one-room, one-bed cabin with a stone-face prison doctor triple her age who drives an old Chevy […]
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