Dead roses, daisies, lilies. Flowers that were already dead before they became a decoration. Their lives cut short so they can commemorate the end of another’s life. Wreaths of flowers with banners propped up on easels depicting that someone was “beloved”, that they will “never be forgotten” and to “rest in peace”.

That’s what’s left after the coffin is lowered into the ground. Your name chiseled...

She was the first one brought out of the water. She hadn’t been in there long, only a few days. It was a shallow pond to begin with and with the weather being so warm lately and no significant rain for almost two months, the bodies started to appear.

Her body was mutilated so badly that even a few of the officers held their hands to their mouths and said ”Oh God! What kind of monster could do th...