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“How long is this corridor, anyway?” he asked. The attendant said nothing but continued to lead the way. A thick fog rolled along the floor, as if billowing from a hidden smoke machine. “Do you not have any feet? Not that there’s anything wrong with that if you don’t. A lot of people have special needs, and that’s okay. It’s just… I can’t see them, and I can’t feel my […]

February 8, 2018 Today was another bad day. My hand is hurting, so I’ll stop writing. *** February 22, 2018 Last night I dreamt Violet was next to me in bed. Her face was inches from mine. I could feel her breathing. She opened her mouth, releasing cold air. The bedroom door burst open and two masked men entered. As I was pinned to the floor, I tried to scream, […]

In the thickening dusk the smell of the hickory smoke lingered high and true. My mother’s cabin lay naked in the clearing. I saw it with someone else’s eyes as I tried to become myself for this final moment. The flap covering the cabin door was stiff and awkward as I pulled it back. My brother always had to dip his head to come inside, but I was a girl, […]

Every painful gasp pushed the encroaching darkness away before it drew back slightly tighter than the last time. The colors of the room became bright and saturated. The dull pink walls bled into the white tile floor. What felt like a knife was twisting in his chest, while thousands of burning needles repeatedly stabbed him in the arm. He splashed some cold water from the sink onto his burning face, […]