He paced back and forth in the room. Autumn couldn’t gather his thoughts the way he wanted to and his heels clicked on the wooden floor; a nice, low click. Winter finally walked in, gliding across the floor with barely a sound.

“Good evening darling, what’s got you in such hysterics?”

“I need you to keep a family of bunnies from freezing over. They’re not doing well and they need to survive the ...

It showed the people that were meant to go missing on the digital signs changed every morning. People tried to run from the reality so clear, but they always went “real missing”. That’s what the locals liked to call it at least. There were simple countdowns to show when someone would go missing. It was more nerve wracking when that voice, the same one we hear at train stations, began to count the ...

Sometimes adults need teaching moments. Those are more frustrating than the ones during childhood. That was no different for our mom.

She tried to cover it up until we fell asleep but we could hear her mumble to herself anyway. Mom cried like she did most Mondays but this time it was worse than normal. She had broken out the wine and she was drenched in her own tears.

“I love them I love my famil...

For my fifteenth birthday, I’d decided I was going to buy myself my own gift. Something I’d use but didn’t exactly need (I had a habit of buying things I wouldn’t use). This weighted cheetah kept me grounded through far too many breakdowns in four years. My mother asked me if I was sure about getting a stuffed animal for myself. I had already dressed this stuffed animal, Gertrude I named her, in a...

Nothing and no one here is sacred, safe, or sane. Being the first person in a new psych ward is never fun. It’s truly ridiculous to be seen as crazy just by where you live. The dresses to group us all together and crafting sessions and crappy applesauce. It’s not a joke or a family it’s so clearly an institution and it makes everyone less sane....

The window being a crack open was always a comfort once I got used to it. Those damn horns would be going all night long on Lafayette. It only took a few months to get used to it but once I did, Long Island seemed too quiet. I got used to the constant horns that just the sound of little bugs at night was too little....

Only when I moved way up here,

By the lake,

Did I begin to learn about the old wives tales up here.

Back home we didn’t have to worry about the supernatural going bump in the night.

All we worried about were

The real-life monsters.

Which is scarier?

Only the kind of scream will tell....

Children are meant to be angels. They’re supposed to be the sweetest things in the world and love you unconditionally. Unfortunately, I think my child came with wings of black instead of white. She didn’t laugh with the other children, she laughed at them instead. She shared but not in the way she was meant to. She didn’t share toys, she shared the things that would hurt others....

In some ways, it was nice being the one leaving, instead of the one being left. The last picked in sports during gym, you know the type. Yeah it’s cliche as hell I know. Finally though I had kinda figured out a path. It wasn’t clear but literally speaking, I had gotten into hiking. Everything about being immersed in nature felt like I’d never be left alone again. I felt company with plants and ani...

Each bracelet

Made with care

From my own two hands

Each bead

Carefully picked

And no worries to have

Each tell their story

Each story made

By hand...