Ugly Cry
My father became a stranger to me the night of the storm. I was still in…
My father became a stranger to me the night of the storm. I was still in…
It seemed like a dream. I boarded a southbound train to Portland, headed down there to…
My hands were sweating, my stomach turning. I had an idea from watching all of those…
The world is a prison. – Goethe If you’ve ever been incarcerated, then you know what…
I survived Hurricane Katrina 30 feet up in a tree. It was Aug. 29, 2005, when…
That summer, around 1:30, 2 AM, I lay in bed, up on the third floor, with…
Tommy Shuttle pushes over a big barrel of used motor oil grinning wide —-there’s going to be fire on…
The highway department tore down Carrie’s bridge last week. It had never been much to look…
“The only short day is yesterday.”– ancient American prison proverb In the beginning, the news cycle…
Please be advised that the the subject of this essay is sensitive and intended for mature…